Britain Votes 2017
Published on 22. March 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-19-882030-7 (ISBN)
Description
Britain Votes 2017 offers a comprehensive analysis of one of the most extraordinary elections ever, with an outcome few predicted. It contains dedicated chapters on the results; the fortunes of each the major parties; the campaign and outcomes in each country of the UK; the Brexit context; campaign finance; party campaigning and digital strategies; engagement, disengagement and populism; women voters; young voters; the roles of the media; and much more.
The latest in a distinguished series of election volumes produced by the Hansard Society and Oxford University Press, Britain Votes 2017 features the work of a range of top academics, including Tim Bale and Paul Webb on the Conservatives, John Curtice analysing the outcome, Eunice Goes on Labour, Matthew Flinders on engagement, disengagement and populism, Emily Harmer and Rosalynd Southern on women voters, James Dennison on UKIP, Sarah Harrison on young voters, and Sara Hagemann on the Brexit context.
Britain Votes 2017 is essential reading for anyone interested in the campaign, outcome and consequences of the 2017 General Election.
The latest in a distinguished series of election volumes produced by the Hansard Society and Oxford University Press, Britain Votes 2017 features the work of a range of top academics, including Tim Bale and Paul Webb on the Conservatives, John Curtice analysing the outcome, Eunice Goes on Labour, Matthew Flinders on engagement, disengagement and populism, Emily Harmer and Rosalynd Southern on women voters, James Dennison on UKIP, Sarah Harrison on young voters, and Sara Hagemann on the Brexit context.
Britain Votes 2017 is essential reading for anyone interested in the campaign, outcome and consequences of the 2017 General Election.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
No
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-882030-7 (9780198820307)
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Persons
Jonathan Tonge, University of Liverpool, Cristina Leston-Bandeira, University of Liverpool, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, University of Liverpool Professor Jonathan Tonge is Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool and his research focuses on the politics of Northern Ireland, British parties and elections, devolution in the UK. Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira is Professor of Politics at the University of Leeds, and her research focuses on the relationship between parliament and citizens, particularly public and digital engagement. Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg is Head of the Department of Politics at the University of Liverpool, and he is a leading expert on the UK democratic process, particularly with regard to issues associated with the mechanics of the electoral process.
Content
- Introduction: The Mislaying of a Majority
- The Results: How Britain Voted
- How the Electoral System Failed to Deliver - Again
- 'We Didn't See it Coming': The Conservatives
- 'Jez We Can!': Labour's Campaign; Defeat with a Taste of Victory
- The Liberal Democrats: Green Shoots of Recovery or Still on Life Support?
- The Rug Pulled from Under Them: UKIP and the Greens
- Referendums as Critical Junctures? Scottish Voting in British Elections
- The Election in Wales: Campaign and Party Performance
- Northern Ireland: Double Triumph for the Democratic Unionist Party
- The Brexit Context
- Party Finance
- Digital Campaigning: The Rise of Facebook and Satellite Campaigns
- Out with the Old, In with the New? The Media Campaign
- The (Anti-)Politics of the Election: Funnelling Frustration in a Divided Democracy
- More Stable than Strong: Womens Representation, Voters and Issues
- Young Voters
- Conclusion: An Election that Satisfied Few and Solved Little
- Index