The rapid emergence of a multiracial society in England after 1945 should have caused
considerable political conflict. In fact conflicts over race have had only an ad hoc impact on …

The legislature in Ireland, as in other countries, is not a mirror image of the electorate. It
differs from other legislatures in that it contains a high proportion of small businessmen and …

This thesis describes and analyses aspects of the social organisation of British news
interview interaction. After a review of the sociological literature on the British news interview …

The 1970s constituted a decade of adversity and decline for many political parties. The
Social Democratic parties in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden-long viewed as models of …

This article analyses the claims advanced by Robert McKenzie about the distribution of
power in British political parties. It considers McKenzie's mode of analysis (with particular …

This article critically examines the argument that the Labour party's poor performance in the
1979 general election reflects a long-term decline that is largely the result of its own natural …

This research examines the extent to which ideological concerns motivated the voting of
British Labour MPs from 1974 to 1979 on 12 contentious divisions concerning the Common …

Analyses of the geography of British elections have typically stressed the continuity in
patterns of party support. This paper challenges that conclusion. Employing an alternative …

In this paper, original material for two case study areas—Hertfordshire and Northumberland—
is incorporated into a review of changing electoral practices during the hundred years from …

The thesis of this study claims that recent socio-political changes in Greece have aided the
political awareness of Greek women and hence their political involvement. The study is …