Political Change in Britain: The Evolution of Electoral Choice

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Approaches to Change....Pages 3-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Parties in the Voter’s Mind....Pages 19-47
The Political Life Cycle....Pages 48-66
The Dominant Class Alignment....Pages 67-94
Class, Generation and Social Milieu....Pages 95-119
The Geography of Party Support....Pages 120-151
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
The Decline of Past Alignments....Pages 155-171
The Rise of the Class Alignment....Pages 172-192
The Aging of the Class Alignment....Pages 193-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
The Study of Political Generations....Pages 211-233
Replacement and Political Change 1959–70....Pages 234-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
The Scale of Short-Term Conversion 1959–70....Pages 247-275
The Analysis of Short-Term Conversion....Pages 276-295
Issues and Change....Pages 296-313
Ideological Factors in Change....Pages 314-337
Images of the Parties....Pages 338-350
The Pull of the Leaders....Pages 351-368
The Economic Context....Pages 369-402
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
Continuity and Change....Pages 405-424
Back Matter....Pages 425-500