Britain Votes 2010
Published on 16. September 2010
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-19-960327-5 (ISBN)
Description
The 2010 General Election proved to be one of the most dramatic contests of recent times. Britain Votes 2010 provides a comprehensive analysis of the campaign and its remarkable aftermath. A team of experts assess the results, outline the new electoral demography and examine its national and regional variations. The book explores the ideas and fortunes of the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats, discusses the impact of new campaign features, notably the leadership debates, and examines the key issues which featured in an exciting and unusual election. Combining retrospective analysis with assessment of likely future directions, Britain Votes 2010 explores how the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition was formed and analyses whether coalition government is likely to become far less exceptional in future. Britain Votes 2010 is indispensable for all scholars of British and electoral politics.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
436 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-960327-5 (9780199603275)
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Persons
Content
Introduction: How Britain Got Hung ; The Results: How Britain Voted ; Five Days in May: A New Political Order Emerges ; So What Went Wrong with the Electoral System? The 2010 Election Result and the Debate About Electoral Reform ; New Labour and Political Change ; Labour's Campaign: Things Can Only Get Worse? ; Strategic Recovery? The Conservatives Under David Cameron ; The Campaign That Changed Everything and Still Did Not Matter? The Liberal Democrat Campaign and Performance ; A Catenaccio Game: the 2010 Election in Scotland ; Wales and the 2010 General Election ; Northern Ireland: Unionism Loses More Leaders ; Wags', 'Wives' and 'Mothers' But what about Women Politicians? ; Party Finance: Normal Service Resumed? ; The Media and the 2010 Campaign: the Television Election? ; From Big Government to Big Society: Changing the StateSociety Balance ; The Calm After the Storm? Foreign and Security Policy from Blair to Brown ; An Absorbing Hanging ; Index