Putting voters in their place : geography and elections in Great Britain / Ron Johnston and Charles Pattie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, R. J. (Ronald John)

Contributor:

Pattie, C. J., 1962-

Series:

Oxford geographical and environmental studies.

Oxford geographical and environmental studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Great Britain.

Elections.

Voting--Great Britain.

Voting.

Political geography.

Great Britain--Politics and government.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using information from the latest UK elections (including 2005) these experienced authors show how both voters and parties are affected by, and seek to influence, both national and local forces. Based on the latest information and scholarship, they analyse the difference that place makes to politics. Fully illustrated with figures and tables. - ;Why do people living in different areas vote in different ways? Why does this change over time? How do people talk about politics with friends and neighbours, and with what effect? Does the geography of well-being influence the geography of party...

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Models of Voting; Sociological Models; Responsive Voter Models; From 'Normal' to Responsive Voters; To Vote or Not to Vote; The Contemporary Pattern of Voting; Conclusions; 2. Bringing Geography In; Context and Scale; Bringing Context In; Conclusions; 3. The Geography of Voting: Regions, Places, and Neighbourhoods; The Problem of Data; The Aggregate Pattern: Variations by Constituency; Combining Constituency and Survey Data; A North-South Divide in Voting Patterns in the 1980's?; Moving Down a Scale-or Two; Conclusions

4. Talking Together and Voting Together Talking Together and Voting Together?; Measuring the Conversation Effect Directly; Who Talks Politics?; The Impact of Political Conversation; Political Conversation and Attitude Change; Conclusions; 5. The Local Economy and the Local Voter; It's the Economy, Stupid: Economic Voting; Measuring the Economic Vote: Which Economy?; Economic Evaluations and the Economic Vote; Government Responsibility and the Economic Vote; Endogenous Economic Voting?; Economic Geography and Economic Voting; Local Economic Geographies and Perceptions of Economic Performance

Local Economic Evaluations and Electoral Geography How Local is Local?; Conclusions; 6. Party Campaigns and their Impact; The National Campaign; The Constituency Campaign; Measuring Constituency Campaigning; The Impact of the Local Campaign; The Local Campaign: Locally or Nationally Controlled?; Constituency Campaigning and the Individual Voter; Who Benefits from Constituency Campaigning: Incumbents or Challengers?; Conclusions; 7. To Vote or Not to Vote: The Problem of Turnout; Trends in Turnout over Time: the Growing Problem of Falling Turnout?; Who Votes?; Turnout and Local Context

Minimizing Participation Costs? Turnout and Distance to Polling Station Personal Turnout and the Actions of Others; Summarizing the Contextual Effect on Turnout; Conclusions; 8. Votes into Seats; Accounting for Disproportionality; Not only Disproportional but also Biased; The Making of a Geography: Constituency Definition in the UK; Geography, Disproportionality, and Bias; Bias Decomposition and the Geography of the Vote; Conclusions; Appendix: The British Election Study; References; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-333) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-926805-3

0-19-151493-4

1-4294-5937-9

1-280-84103-6

OCLC:

609830240