Decade Of Dealignment - Hardcover

Bo Sarlik; Ivor Crewe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521226740 ISBN 13: 9780521226745

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1983

Synopsis

In what ways did the nature of party support, and the attitudes of the electorate to the parties, change in the 1970s? How volatile was the British electorate? Was the two-party system breaking down? What were the causes of the Conservative triumph in 1979? Basing their work on national surveys conducted by the British Election Study at the University of Essex after the elections of February and October 1974 and May 1979, Bo Särlvik and Ivor Crewe examine the whole range of issues which formed the British political climate in this period. This 1983 book's focus is on the election of May 1979, but the analysis is placed in the context of changes in British politics that were signalled by the elections of 1974 as well as longer-term trends. This work provides a wealth of information for all who are interested in the recent history of British party politics and the ways in which people vote.

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Book Description

In this 1983 book, Bo Särlvik and Ivor Crewe examine British politics in the 1970s, basing their work on national surveys conducted by the British Election Study after the elections of February and October 1974 and May 1979.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521226740
• ISBN 13: 9780521226745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 410