Reflections on British Elections and Their Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6233098 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Butler (0000-0001-9060-0242, Nuffield College, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 1NF, United Kingdom, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 451-464 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.polisci.1.1.451 |
| OpenAlex | W2126733956 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
This chapter summarizes the history of the Nuffield series of election studies, which describe and analyze each of the 15 British general elections since 1945. It is a tribute to RB McCallum, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, who initiated the series, but it is also an exploration of the ways in which electioneering has been transformed over the past 50 years. Two contests stand out as milestones: 1959 saw the first television coverage, the first press conferences, the first private polling, and the first nationwide advertising; 1997 was remarkable for the consolidation of all the new techniques of communication and public relations in the Labour Party's remarkably successful campaign
Consolidation (business · Economic history · Economics · General election · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Polling · Sociology · Tribute · Computer Science · History · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration
The British General Election of 1997
The British General Election of 1992
The British General Election of 1964
The British General Election of 1955
The British General Election of 1951
The British General Election of 1959
The British General Election of 1945
The British General Election of 1950
The British General Election of 1951
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2008 - 2015 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |