Winner of the American Political Science Association's 1996 Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Award. The rise of new political competitors on the radical right is a central feature of many …

It has become clear from national surveys, both in Britain and elsewhere, that the attitudes of
the mass public towards social and political issues tend to group together in broadly …

This major new work from the well-known team of Heath, Jowell and Curtice explores the
emergence of New Labour from the ruins of old Labour's four successive defeats at the …

In common with most large-scale projects this book has incurred many debts-intellectual,
administrative and financial-upon the way. The British Election Study 1997 was conducted …

This article uses the British Election Panel Study to assess the impact of voters' and party
positions vis-à-vis European integration on Conservative electoral support between 1992 …

This paper examines the role of promotion prospects in explaining class differences in
political preferences at different points in the life-cycle. The argument contains four main …

Using data from the British Election Studies this paper examines the changing geography of
political attitudes in Britain between 1964 and 1987. Attitudes are measured on multiple …

In what ways, if at all, do past ideologies shape the values of subsequent generations of
citizens? Are public attitudes in one period shaped by the discourses and constructions of …

Published in 1998, Opinion Polls and Volatile Electorates presents a comparative overview
of the development of opinion polling in late-capitalist and post-communist societies. The …

We apply the concept of 'the policy mood'to the Spanish case. Our estimates uncover what
appears to be a left-right dimension and suggest that the Spanish electorate have steadily …