Issues and Controversies in British Electoral Behaviour

This study of elections and voting behaviour brings together some of the most important contributions to the main debates in the field in Britain over the past 20 years. Coverage includes election turnout, party choice and government popularity, the controversy over class voting, the consequences of the decline of party identification among voters, the rise of the issue of voting, regional variations in behaviour, and explanations for the success of the Conservative party under Mrs Thatcher.