Ideology, Strategy and Party Change: Spatial Analyses of Post-War Election Programmes in 19 Democracies

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511558771

The relevance of this book to central concerns of political and social science hardly needs emphasizing. Parties are the organizing force of democratic governments, giving coherence and direction to their policies and relating them to popular preferences. Election programmes are crucial to this role, providing electors with some insight into the policies they are voting for, and parties themselves with a starting point for their activity in government. Discussion begins with a comparative assessment of the impact of election pledges on government action. The book goes on to describe systematically the place of the programmes in the political process of nineteen democracies. It subjects them to detailed qualitative, quantitative and spatial analyses to answer such questions as: Who prepares election programmes and how? What is the nature of modern party divisions? Do they differ across countries? Is there indeed an 'end of ideology' or an intensification? Does the need to attract votes weaken old partisan attachments? Combining individual studies of each country with comparative analyses on a scale never previously undertaken, the book will interest country specialists and comparativists and prove indispensable to research on voting and party behaviour, coalition formation, ideology, and rational choice.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of Tables
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List of Figures
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Preface
pp xv-xviii
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1 - The influence of election programmes: Britain and Canada 1945–1979.
pp 1-14
- By Colin Rallings, Plymouth Polytechnic.
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2 - The internal analysis of election programmes.
pp 15-38
- By Ian Budge, University of Essex and European University Institute, Florence.
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3 - Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the United States 1946–1981, an initial comparative analysis.
pp 39-72
- By David Robertson, St Hugh's College, Oxford.
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4 - Canada 1945–1980: party platforms and campaign strategies.
pp 73-94
- By William P. Irvine, Queen's University, Kingston.
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5 - Sri Lanka 1947–1977: elite programmes and mass politics.
pp 95-110
- By Judith Bara, Ealing College, London and James Manor, University of Leicester.
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6 - Israel 1949–1981.
pp 111-133
- By Judith Bara, Ealing College, London.
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7 - Ireland 1948–1981: issues, parties, strategies.
pp 134-159
- By Peter Mair, European University Institute, Florence
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8 - Northern Ireland 1921–1973: party manifestos and platforms.
pp 160-176
- By Michael Laver, University College, Galway and Sydney Elliott, Queen's University, Belfast., Sydney Elliott, Queen's University, Belfast.
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9 - Sweden and Denmark 1945–1982: election programmes in the Scandinavian setting.
pp 177-206
- By Margareta Holmstedt, University of Copenhagen, Tove-Lise Schou, University of Copenhagen
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10 - The Netherlands 1946–1981.
pp 207-229
- By Karl Dittrich, University of Limburg, Maastricht.
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11 - Belgium 1946–1981.
pp 230-253
- By Derek J. Hearl, University of Essex.
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12 - Luxembourg 1945–1982: dimensions and strategies.
pp 254-269
- By Derek J. Hearl, University of Essex.
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13 - Austria 1945–1978.
pp 270-293
- By Franz Horner, University of Salzburg.
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14 - Electoral programmes in West Germany 1949–1980: explorations in the nature of political controversy.
pp 294-323
- By Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Free University, West Berlin.
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15 - France 1958–1981: the strategy of joint government platforms.
pp 324-344
- By François Pétry, University of Texas, Austin.
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16 - Italy 1946–1979: ideological distances and party movements.
pp 345-368
- By Alfio Mastropaolo, University of Turin and Martin Slater, University of Essex.
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17 - Japan 1960–1980: party programmes in elections.
pp 369-387
- By Takashi Inoguchi, University of Tokyo.
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18 - Do parties differ, and how? Comparative discriminant and factor analyses.
pp 388-416
- By Ian Budge, David Robertson
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Appendices
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A - Documentary sources
pp 417-455
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B - The general coding frame and special country codes
pp 456-467
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C - Factor analytic strategies used in the investigation of election programmes
pp 468-471
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General bibliography
pp 472-483
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Index
pp 484-494
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