Irrelevant elections? : the quality of local democracy in Britain
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Irrelevant elections? : the quality of local democracy in Britain
Clarendon Press, 1988
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Includes index
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This survey investigates the political and electoral basis for local government, using interviews with more than 1100 electors in November 1985 and reinterviews with over 745 of them after the local elections in May 1986. The issues raised by the book cover the attitudes and habits of the electors such as who intends to vote, who actually votes and whether the electorate support elective local democracy. The author examines the current debate on the powers of elected local governments and even the value of their continued existence, in the light of alleged low turnout and irresponsible voting, through his panel-survey of public attitudes. The book is illustrated with 45 computer-drawn graphics and 90 tables which detail the results of the survey. The book is intended for the interested general reader as well as people in local government and sixth form, undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: the problem of meaningless elections. Part 2 Local politics: does anybody know or care about local politics?
- does anybody want local democracy?
- do people have meaningful attitudes about local and national politics?. Part 3 Voter participation: why do people turn out to vote in local elections? some theoretical models
- turnout memories, intentions and behaviours - consistencies and inconsistencies
- patterns of turnout intentions and behaviour in local elections
- testing the two-step, two-level model of turnout in local elections
- does turnout matter? partisanship, issue preferences and bias in turnout. Part 4 Voter choice: what influences choice in local elections? a two-level model of voting choice
- national and local influences upon choice in local elections. Part 5 Variations: regional differences
- the impact of an election atmosphere. Part 6 Conclusion: the quality of local democracy in contemporary Britain.
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