Part 1 General themes: in defence of British electoral studies, Ivor Crewe and Pippa Norris; democracy in Britain - health check for the 1990s, Patrick Dunleavy. Part 2 Influences on the vote: do people read everything they believe in the newspapers? newspapers and voters in the 1983 and 1987 elections, Ken Newton; modelling government popularity in Britain, 1979-1987 - a disaggregated approach, David Marsh et al. Part 3 Region, constituency and locality: does neighbourhood influence voting behaviour and why?, Martin Harrop et al; a widening regional cleavage in British voting behaviour - 1964-1987, C.J. Pattie et al; the electoral impact of the poll tax - evidence from the 1990 local elections in England and Wales, Collin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Part 4 The Labour Party - voters, activists and candidates: working-class evaluations of the Labour Party, Fiona Devine; Labour's reorganization down at the grassroots, Patrick Seyd et al; Party rules and women's representation - reforming the British Labour Party, Joni Lovenduski and Pippa Norris. Part 5 Reference section: chronology of events 1987-90; opinion polls results; Parliamentary by-elections; local election results; local government by-elections; economic indicators; recent books and articles; politics journals; the political parties; opinion poll companies; the mass media; miscellaneous information.
