Decade of Dealignment : The Conservative Victory of 1979 and Electoral Trends in the 1970s (Paperback)

Preface; Note on documentation; Note on tables; Part I. Political Context and Electoral Change Ivor Crewe: 1. The flow of events; 2. The flow of the vote; 3. The lockgates on the vote; Part II. Issues, Opinion and Party Choice in the 1979 Election Bo Sarlvik: 4. Opinions on political issues and voting - the directions of the enquiry; 5. Why the parties were liked and disliked; 6. Managing the economy - the Labour government's record and the Conservative alternative; 7. Responses to social and cultural change; 8. Nationalisation and social welfare policies - a rightward shift in electoral opinion 1974?1979; 9. Policy alternatives and party choice in the 1979 election; 10. Ambiguity and change in party positions: three special cases; 11. The impact of the issues - an overall account; 12. The electorate and the party system; 13. The making of voting decisions: political opinions and voting intentions during the campaign; Part III. A Turning-Point?: 14. At the end of a decade; Postscript: realignment in the 1980s?; Appendix. Constructing the flow-of-the-vote tables; Notes; Index.