Introduction
1: Models of voting
2: Bringing geography in
3: The geography of voting: regions, places, and neighbourhoods
4: Talking together and voting together
5: The local economy and the local voter
6: Party campaigns and their impact
7: To Vote or Not to Vote: The Problem of Turnout
8: Votes into seats
Bibliography
Index
Ron Johnston is Professor of Geography at the University of
Bristol. One of the best known human geographers in the world, he
has published many books and papers on political geography, urban
geography and the history and philosophy of human geography,
including Geography and Geographers (6th edition, with J Sidaway)
and From Votes to Seats: The Operation of the UK Electoral System
since 1945 (with C. Pattie, D. Dorling and D. Rossiter).
Charles Pattie is Professor of Geography at the University of
Sheffield. He has published widely on electoral geography, the
politics of devolution, and on political participation. He is
author of From Votes to Seats: The Operation of the Uk Electoral
System since 1945 (with C. Pattie, D. Dorling and D. Rossiter) and
Citizenship in Britain (with P Seyd and P Whiteley).
...this excellent book is sure to become the standard text in the field...it certainly should be on the shelves of all with a professional interest in British elections (including journalists and party officials) as well as being required reading for students taking courses in the field. Political Studies Review Just about every question one would want to ask about electoral geography is answered here with a plethora of innovative and imaginative analyses Political Studies Review
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