Overview
- Develops a new theoretical framework for classifying elections in contemporary Britain
- Examines elections in terms of electoral turnout, media coverage, parties’ campaign strategies and voter perceptions
- Explores how political parties, voters and the media interpret (and respond to) different types of elections
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- British elections
- first-order elections
- second-order elections
- political parties
- subnational elections
- national elections
- voter turnout
- European Elections
- General Elections
- devolution
- Police and Crime Commissioner Elections
- party spending
- Scottish National Party SNP
- Brexit
- local elections
- local media
- classifying elections
- salience
- devolved administrations
- British Politics
About this book
This book seeks to understand and classify differences that exist between a variety of elections in Britain. It moves beyond first- and second-order classifications developed following the European Parliamentary Elections in 1979 to include elections of devolved administrations such as the Scottish Parliament, local mayors or the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections. Drawing upon a range of elections, the book develops a new classification based on the interactions that exist between voters, the media and political parties. In doing so, it argues that alongside voters, political parties and the media can, and do, prioritize certain elections. The author explores the role of each group within elections individually through case studies. The final chapter then offers an overall means of understanding the levels of salience attached to each election.
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About the author
Christopher Kirkland is Lecturer in Politics at York St. John University, UK. Previous publications include The Political Economy of Britain in Crisis and PCC Elections as a ‘Failed Experiment’: What Lessons can be Learned?
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Classifying Elections in Britain
Authors: Christopher Kirkland
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32556-5
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32555-8Published: 27 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-32556-5Published: 15 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 107
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: British Politics, Electoral Politics, European Politics, Political Communication