
The Politics of Economic Decline
Economic Management and Political Behaviour in Britian since 1964
James E. Alt(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 12. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
308 pages
978-0-521-10773-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book originally published in 1979, deals with popular perceptions and expectations of economic trends, popular preferences among economic policies, and the relationships between these and broader aspects of political behaviour like voting, attachment to the party system, and political and social attitudes. The economy has long been held to be a critical determinant of the ability of governments to gain election. This book provides unique evidence about popular expectations of inflation, evaluation of economic management, and preferences among competing economic goals and policies, without which the connection between economic management and electoral success cannot be understood. At the same time, by dealing extensively with electoral survey data for Britain since 1964, the book provides a contemporary history of electoral and political behaviour in an age of unprecedented economic management.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
503 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-10773-0 (9780521107730)
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James E. Alt
The Politics of Economic Decline
Economic Management and Political Behaviour in Britian since 1964
Book
11/1979
Cambridge University Press
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James E. Alt
The Politics of Economic Decline
Economic Management and Political Behaviour in Britian since 1964
Book
11/1979
Cambridge University Press
€62.00
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Content
Part I. Introduction: 1. Politics and the economy in Britain; 2. The British economy in the 1970s; Part II. Economic policies, perceptions, and expectations: 3. Overview: the reaction to economic change; 4. Believing what you see: inflation expectations in 1974; 5. The concept of an economic outlook; 6. The economy and government support; 7. Political business cycles in Britain; Part III. Popular preferences among economic policies: 8. Overview: who's to blame for inflation?; 9. Realism in economic affairs; 10. Inflation or unemployment: a question of goals; 11. Controlling inflation: a question of means; 12. The determinants of economic policy choice; Part IV. The politics of economic decline: 13. The decline of instrumental voting; 14. Ideology and economic outlook; 15. Expectations and economic contradictions.