British elections and parties yearbook 1994

This volume looks at the political events and discusses the major issues of 1994, most notably the European parliament elections.

This volume combines current academic research on British elections, parties and public opinion with a detailed reference section including a chronology of the major political events of 1993, opinion polls and by-election results for 1993, as well as an up-to-date digest of party and media addresses and contacts

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Abstracts of Articles -- Articles -- What can We Learn from June 9? Voters in the 1994 European Parliament Elections -- Voter Strategies Under Preferential Electoral Systems: A Single Transferable Vote Mock Ballot Survey of London Voters -- The Motivational Basis of Participation in European Elections, 1979-94: The Case of Britain -- The Blue Map of Europe: Conservative Parliamentarians and European Integration -- An Analysis of Britain's Party Manifestos for Europe, 1979-94 -- Thatcherism and the Scottish Question -- From Mass Propaganda to Political Marketing: The Transformation of Labour Party Election Campaigning -- Political Communications in British Election Campaigns: Reconsidering Media Effects -- What Future for the Opinion Polls? The Lessons of the MRS Inquiry -- Class and Party Revisited: A New Model for Estimating Changes in Levels of Class Voting -- Reference Section -- 1: Chronology of Events 1994 -- 2: Parliamentary By-Elections 1994 -- 3: Public Opinion Polls 1994 -- 4: Local Elections 1994 -- 5: Results of Elections to the European Parliament 1994 -- 6: Recent Books and Articles of Interest -- 7: Political Parties -- 8: Politics Journals.