Change in British Politics (West European Politics)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Notes on the Contributors......Page 6
THE END OF THE POST-WAR CONSENSUS......Page 8
THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT......Page 10
THE POLITICAL CULTURE......Page 12
 THE BRITISH PARTY SYSTEM......Page 15
Class Parties......Page 16
The Parties and the Location of Power......Page 17
IDEOLOGY, BUSINESS AND ORGANISED LABOUR......Page 21
CENTRE AND PERIPHERY, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT—CENTRAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS......Page 24
THE ELECTORATE, ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY AND THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM......Page 26
LABOUR AND THE ALLIANCE......Page 28
NOTES......Page 29
I. MAXIMALISM CROSSES THE CHANNEL......Page 32
II. THE POWER STRUCTURE UNDERMINED......Page 33
III. THE LEFT: ‘LONG MARCH THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONS’......Page 38
IV. THE CRISIS......Page 45
V. SINCE THE SPLIT......Page 52
NOTES......Page 58
DIVERSITY, UNITY, AND ADAPTABILITY......Page 61
Intellectual Humility......Page 62
The Hotelling-Downs Model......Page 63
Reaction to Labour......Page 66
THE ORIGINS OF THE POST-WAR CONSENSUS......Page 67
THE ROLE OF LOCAL ACTIVISTS......Page 68
THE EXHAUSTION OF THE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL OF THE POST-WAR CONSENSUS......Page 69
CHANGES IN THE PERSONNEL OF POLITICS......Page 71
FACTIONALISM IN THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND ACTIVISTS AT THE CENTRE......Page 73
THE ENVIRONMENT OF OFFICE......Page 74
NOTES......Page 77
I. THE PARTY SYSTEM 1945–1970......Page 80
II. 1970–1979: THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM THREATENED......Page 81
III. THE CHALLENGE OF THE ALLIANCE......Page 82
IV. THE ORIGINS OF THE SDP......Page 84
V. MAKING THE ALLIANCE......Page 86
(i) Party Structure......Page 89
(ii) Party Membership and Finance......Page 91
(iii) The Election of the Party Leader......Page 92
(v) The Selection of Candidates......Page 93
(i) Opinion Polls......Page 96
(ii) Parliamentary By-elections......Page 98
VIII. SOURCES OF SDP AND ALLIANCE SUPPORT......Page 99
IX. CONCLUSION: THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1983......Page 102
NOTES......Page 105
The Denationalisation of British Politics: The Re-Emergence of the Periphery......Page 108
ELECTORAL UNIFORMITY: IN DECLINE OR NOT?......Page 109
Uniform Response as an Explanation of Electoral Non-uniformity......Page 112
Nationalist Ambitions, Methods and Achievements......Page 115
Language Nationalism in Wales......Page 116
Two Nationalisms in Northern Ireland: Catholic Entryism......Page 119
The Protestant Response......Page 121
Nationalist Success in Wales, Ireland and Scotland......Page 123
Scotland: Elections without Consequences......Page 124
Nationalism and Party Competition......Page 127
NOTES......Page 133
I: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS......Page 134
Union Membership and Density......Page 137
Trade Union Organisation and Mergers......Page 138
Workplace Relations and Industrial Conflict......Page 140
Trades Union Congress......Page 143
The Voluntarist Tradition......Page 145
1971 Industrial Relations Act......Page 146
Trade Union and Labour Relations Acts 1974 and 1976......Page 147
The 1980 and 1982 Employment Acts......Page 148
IV: TRADE UNIONS AND THE LABOUR PARTY......Page 151
Affiliation and Finance......Page 153
Trade Unions and the Labour Party Conference......Page 156
Trade Unions and NEC Elections......Page 159
The Party and Trade Union Power......Page 160
V: THE END OF AN ERA?......Page 161
APPENDIX......Page 163
NOTES......Page 164
The Business Lobby: Political Attitudes and Strategies*......Page 167
THE ORGANISATION OF THE BUSINESS LOBBY......Page 170
The Individual Firm......Page 171
Industry Associations......Page 172
The Confederation of British Industry......Page 175
FINANCE, INDUSTRY AND THE RETAIL SECTOR......Page 177
THE POLITICAL ATTITUDES OF BUSINESSMEN......Page 179
CONCLUSIONS......Page 181
NOTES......Page 184
The Electorate: Partisan Dealignment Ten Years On......Page 186
I. TWO-PARTY DECLINE......Page 187
Share of the Vote......Page 188
Party Membership......Page 190
Party Identification......Page 191
2. CLASS DEALIGNMENT......Page 195
III. IDEOLOGICAL DEALIGNMENT......Page 202
IV. ELECTORAL VOLATILITY......Page 205
V. NATIONAL DIVERSITY......Page 207
VI. FROM MALIGN EXAGGERATION TO MALIGN DISTORTION: THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM......Page 210
VII. SOME CONCLUSIONS AND A PARADOX......Page 212
NOTES......Page 215
INTRODUCTION......Page 219
CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ISSUES......Page 221
FINANCIAL ISSUES......Page 226
Problems Emerge—the 1970s......Page 227
The Significance of the 1980–1981 Acts......Page 230
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE NEW SYSTEM......Page 232
THE FUTURE......Page 233
NOTES......Page 235
The United Kingdom Election of 1983......Page 236
NOTES......Page 241