British elections and parties yearbook. 1995

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.