The Rise of New Labour Party Policies and

This major new work from the well-known team of Heath, Jowell and Curtice explores the rise of New Labour from the ruins of old Labour's four successive defeats at the hands of the Conservatives. Based on the authoritative British Election Surveys, the book examines key questions about contemporary British elections and the social and political factors that decide their outcomes.

Anthony F. Heath is Professor of Sociology, Oxford University, and Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford.

List of Figures

ix

List of Tables

x

List of Abbreviations

xiii

Introduction

1

(9)

Social Change and the Future of the Left

10

(21)

The Decline of Labour's Social Base

13

(5)

Room for Class Politics?

18

(2)

Increasing Disadvantage and Insecurity?

20

(5)

Room for Socialism?

25

(3)

Conclusions

28

(1)

The Construction of the Measure of Social Group

29

(2)

The Electoral Success of Thatcherism

31

(27)

Inflation and Unemployment

35

(3)

Trade Union Legislation

38

(3)

Privatization

41

(3)

Tax Cuts and Government Spending

44

(4)

Taxes and Spending 1992-1997

48

(5)

Conclusions

53

(1)

Supplementary Tables

54

(1)

Logistic Regression of Credit, Blame, and Vote-Switching

55

(3)

Margaret Thatcher's Nationalism

58

(24)

Defence

62

(2)

Devolution for Scotland and Wales

64

(4)

Europe

68

(5)

The Referendum Party

73

(2)

Conclusions

75

(3)

Supplementary Table

78

(1)

Changing Ideological Dimensions in the British Electorate

78

(4)

Old Labour and the Social Democratic Party

82

(19)

Labour's Ideological Appeal in 1983

85

(3)

The SDP and the Alliance

88

(4)

The Social Bases of Centre-Left Voters

92

(4)

Conclusions

96

(1)

Measuring the Relative Importance of Issues

97

(2)

Multivariate Analysis of Social Group, Ideology, and Support for Labour

99

(2)

Labour's Long Road Back

101

(21)

The Economic Issues

106

(4)

The Non-Economic Issues

110

(3)

The Squeeze on the Liberal Democrats

113

(7)

Conclusions

120

(1)

Supplementary Tables

121

(1)

The Changing Social Basis of Party Support

122

(25)

The Parties' Appeal to Different Social Groups

124

(4)

The Conservatives and Essex Man

128

(4)

John Major's Conservatives and the Growth of Middle-Class Insecurity

132

(2)

Labour Support among the Two Lefts, 1979-1983

134

(2)

Neil Kinnock and the Party Review

136

(1)

Tony Blair and New Labour

137

(2)

The Centre Parties

139

(2)

Conclusions

141

(1)

Supplementary Tables

142

(1)

Multivariate Analysis of the Social Basis of Vote, 1979-1997

143

(4)

Were Traditional Labour Voters Disillusioned with New Labour?

147

(9)

Conclusions

155

(1)

Party Policies and Voter Choices

156

(11)

Appendix. The British Election Surveys, 1979-1997

167

(4)

Katarina Thomson

References

171

(8)

Index

179

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The Rise of New Labour Party Policies and Voter Choices

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