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OverviewThe latest book in the long-running Britain at the Polls series provides an indispensable account of the remarkable 2017 British general election. Leading experts explain why Theresa May and the Conservatives lost their majority, and analyse how the other political parties and voters responded to the 2016 Brexit referendum and ongoing austerity. -- . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nicholas J. Allen , John BartlePublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.345kg ISBN: 9781526130068ISBN 10: 1526130068 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 06 June 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface 1 Gambling with the electorate: The Conservatives in government - Nicholas Allen 2 Revolt on the left: Labour in opposition - Thomas Quinn 3 The Liberal Democrats: remaining in the doldrums - John Curtice 4 The rise and fall of UKIP, 2010–17 - Paul Whiteley, Matthew Goodwin and Harold D. Clarke 5 Squeezing the SNP: the election in Scotland - Robert Johns 6 From Thatcher to May and beyond: women in British politics - Meryl Kenny 7 Electoral integrity and post-truth politics - Sarah Birch 8 Why the Conservatives lost their majority – but still won - John Bartle 9 A coalition of chaos: where next? - Rosie Campbell Appendix: results of British general elections, 1945–2017 -- .Reviews'None past the post features a distinguished set of contributors, who ably parse out the factors that shaped the surprising 2017 general election. This coherent, accessible, and lively volume provides essential reading that will interest students of British party politics, election campaigns, and voting behaviour.' James Adams, University of California at Davis 'Britain at the Polls provides the authoritative, sophisticated and accessible account that is called for by the most extraordinary election of our recent history. Each chapter is a model of careful, focussed analysis and finely judged interpretation. Fresh ground is broken by outstanding treatments of the rise and fall of UKIP and the first hints of fraying integrity in the electoral process. An election's significance requires an appreciation both of numbers and of history. Britain at the Polls does both superbly.' Sir Ivor Crewe,University College, Oxford 'As an American attempting to make sense of the electoral instability characterizing recent US elections, I benefited from reading the efforts of British scholars to make sense of theirs. While there are major institutional dissimilarities between our two countries and some major trends are moving in opposite directions, there are important points of political contact as well. American scholars will profit from expanding their foci and digesting these analyses of their British colleagues.' Morris P. Fiorina, Stanford University 'The authors tell thestory of the 2017 general election in rich, compelling detail, charting the long-term precursors and the extraordinary and unexpected events that eventually led Jeremy Corbyn to defy expectations and Theresa May to lose her majority. The twists and turns of British politics and British voting behaviour are captured with the right balance, explanation and evidence to offer an illuminating, fascinating and accessible record of one of the most intriguing periods in British political history.' Jane Green, University of Manchester 'The result of Britain's 2017 general election was, with little doubt, one of the most dramatic and unexpected in modern British history. This latest contribution to the long-running Britain at the Polls series shines a clear light on what happened. Written by an expert team, each chapter provides authoritative and insightful analysis. The book is sure to become a benchmark in our understanding of this most unusual of elections.' Charles Pattie,University of Sheffield -- . Author InformationNicholas Allen is Reader in Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London John Bartle is Professor of Government at the University of Essex -- . Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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