The New Politics of Class The Political Exclusion of the British Working Class

Geoffrey Evans, Professor of the Sociology of Politics, University of Oxford, and Official Fellow in Politics, Nuffield College.,James Tilley, Professor of Politics, the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford

Geoffrey Evans is Professor of the Sociology of Politics, University of Oxford and Official Fellow in Politics, Nuffield College. He has published extensively in political science, sociology, and related disciplines on social structure, public opinion, and political behaviour. His publications include The End of Class Politics? (OUP, 1999) and Political Choice Matters: Explaining the Strength of Class and Religious Cleavages in Cross-National Perspective (OUP, 2013). He is also an editor for the journal Electoral Studies.


James Tilley is a Professor of Politics, the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. His research is mainly in the fields of public opinion and electoral behaviour specialising in British politics. He has published widely on various topics within these fields including the social bases of voting behaviour, generational changes in political attitudes, economic voting and the attribution of responsibility to governments, and sources of public support for the EU. His recent publications include Blaming Europe? Responsibility without Accountability in the European Union (co-authored with Sara B. Hobolt, OUP, 2014).

1. Introduction
Part 1: Social Continuity
2. Inequality
3. Identity
4. Ideology
Part 2: Political Change
5. The 'Papers
6. The Parties
Part 3: Consequences
7. Class Politics is Dead
8. Long Live Class Politics
9. Conclusion