British Elections & Parties Review: Volume 13

by Rallings,Colin; Rallings,Colin

• ISBN13: 9780714684192
• ISBN10: 0714684198
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-09-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Volume 13 provides theoretically informed and methodically sophisticated analyses of both current and historical developments, along with regular contributions on research methodology, and reference material.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	v
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS	vi
ABSTRACTS	xi
Elections in Europe in 2002
The 2002 French Elections: The Re-establishment of the Primacy of the President	3	(14)
Gerard Grunberg
The Irish General Election of 2002: A New Hegemony for Fianna Fail?	17	(12)
Michael Marsh
A New Kid on the Block: Pim Fortuyn and the Dutch Parliamentary Election of May 2002	29	(20)
Galen A. Irwin and Joop J.M. Van Holstevn
Devolution
Government for the English Regions? An Examination of the Basis of Support for Constitutional Change	49	(17)
Anthony Heath, Catherine Rothon and Lindsey Jarvis
The Lost Voters of Scotland: Devolution Disillusioned or Westminster Weary?	66	(20)
Catherine Bromley and John Curtice
A 'Settling Will'? Public Attitudes to Devolution in Wales	86	(21)
Richard Wyn Jones and Roger Scully
First or Second Order? Will the Scottish and Welsh Elections Deliver Devolution?	107	(27)
Robert Ingram
Towards Moderate Pluralism: Scotland's Post-Devolution Party System, 1999-2002	134	(25)
Lynn Bennie and Alistair Clark
Turnout
Electoral Turnout: The New Generation Gap	159	(15)
Martin P. Wattenberg
Constituency Marginality and Turnout in Britain Revisited	174	(21)
David Denver, Gordon Hands and Iain MacAllister
Turnout in European Parliament Elections: Towards a European-Centred Model	195	(15)
Donley Studiar, Richard S. Flickinger and Stephen Bennett
Electoral Systems, Party Mobilization and Turnout: Evidence from the European Parliamentary Elections 1999	210	(19)
Jeffrey A. Karp, Shaun Bowler and Susan A. Banducci
2001 General Election
Who Blairs Wins? Leadership and Voting in the 2001 General Election	229	(19)
Robert Andersen and Geoffrey Evans
Do Canvassing and Campaigning Work? Evidence from the 2001 General Election in England	248	(26)
Ron Johnston and Charles Pallie
REFERENCE SECTION	274
1. Chronology of Major Political Events 2002	275	(28)
2. Parliamentary By-elections 2002	303	(1)
3. Public Opinion Polls 2002	304	(5)
4. Local Elections 2002	309