What side of the political spectrum is Conservative Party?
Center Right
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What side of the political spectrum is Labour Party?
Central-Left
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Term for sociological study of voting behaviour
Psephology
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1952-1979, What happened in voting behaviour?
Class Alignment/ Partisan alignment
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1979-1997, What happened to voting behaviour
Class Dealignment/ Partisan Dealignment
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Who researched Class dealignment and what were the findings?
Ivor Crewe- Decline in traditional working class voters who use to vote labour, due to closure of mines amd factories. Also due to new working class was increase in partisan dealignment
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Name 2 criticisms of this research
Butler & Kavanagh- Underestimated effects of short term influences, e.g sweeps of patriotic fevour. 2- Marshall & Heath- Crewe Exaggerated both class and partisan dealignment
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1997, 2001, 2005- social class alignment?
Large section of electorate is still committed to a fairly stable ideological convictions that reflect key differences between working class and middle class voters
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Define consumption cleavages
Socail divisions based on people's ability to purchase desirable goods and services
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What side of the political spectrum is Labour Party?
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