Is the Seesaw Tipping Back? The End of Thatcherism and Changing Voting Patterns in Great Britain 1979-92
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4139999 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ron Johnston (0000-0003-3031-8573, University of Essex), R J Johnston (0000-0001-7523-2701, Vice-Chancellor's Office, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester C04 3SQ, England), C J Pattie (University of Nottingham), Charles Pattie (0000-0003-4578-178X, University of Nottingham) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1491-1505 |
| Publication date | 1992-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a241491 |
| OpenAlex | W2042380212 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 15 |
Accounts of British voting behaviour in the 1980s stressed the development of growing spatial divides within the country, especially a north-south divide which reflected economic success in the increasingly Conservative-dominated south and depression in the Labour-supporting north. A new geography of recession was emerging in the early 1990s, however, and the first general election since (in April 1992) suggests that the period of divergence has ended, to be replaced by convergence in the electoral geography of Britain though at spatially varying rates and at a pace insufficient to close the political divides entirely and lead to the government's demise
Demise · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economic history · Economics · Geography · Pace · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Thatcherism · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Economic theory and under-developed regions
A question of place
Elections and Voters
What's in a Place? An Approach to the Concept of Place, as Illustrated by the British National Union of Mineworkers' Strike, 1984–85
Dealignment, spatial polarisation and economic voting
Electoral Choice and the Production of Government
Tactical Voting in Great Britain in 1983 and 1987
Constituency Characteristics, Individual Characteristics and Tactical Voting in the 1987 British General Election
Class dealignment and the regional polarization of voting patterns in Great Britain, 1964-1987
The British general election of 1987
The British general election of 1983
Local Economic Performance in Britain during the Late 1980s
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
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| Citation span | 1993 - 2015 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |