The British general election of 2015 / Philip Cowley, Dennis Kavanagh.
The British General Election of 2015 is a must-read for anyone wanting to know how the action unfolded in the most unpredictable election for a generation.
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Basingstoke, Hampshire :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; The British General Election of 2015; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Illustrations; Photographs; Party Advertisements; Cartoons; List of Plates; Preface; 1 I'm Afraid There is No Money: Five Years of Coalition; Chronology of events from May 2010 to December 2014; Notes; 2 How Hard Can it Be? The Conservatives; Notes; 3 Brand Failure: Labour; Notes; 4 Zugzwang: The Liberal Democrats and Others; The Liberal Democrats; UKIP; The Green Party; Plaid Cymru; Respect; The British National Party; Northern Ireland; Notes; 5 The Long and the Short of the SNP Breakthrough.
- The introduction of a two-election systemThe referendum: a different question and outcome; FPTP puts the SNP first; Notes; 6 Roads and Car Crashes: The Election Approaches; Chronology of events from 1 January 2015 to 29 March 2015; Notes; 7 Dead Cats and Bogy Men: The National Campaign; Campaign chronology; Notes; 8 Different Scripts Required: Election Night; Notes; 9 Margin of Error: The Polls; Notes; 10 Where to Drop the Bombs: The Constituency Battle; Notes; 11 The Battle for the Stage: Broadcasting; Debate negotiations; The TV debates; The battle for Number 10; The ITV Leaders' Debate.
- The BBC Election DebateThe BBC Question Time Special; Other programmes; The campaign news coverage; Horse race v. policy analysis; Balance and framing; Stage-management; Human interest; Future policy; Conclusion; Notes; 12 Still Life in the Old Attack Dogs: The Press ; Still a critical mass medium; Polarised and polemical: 'popular' partisanship; Qualified judgements; Front-page news; The 'horse race' campaign; Follow the money; The constitution and other issues; Voting by newspaper; Conclusion; Notes; 13 Variable Diversity: MPs and Candidates; Notes.
- 14 Out of the Blue: The Campaign in RetrospectNotes; Appendix 1: The Results Analysed; Introduction; Measuring change; England and Wales; The Conservatives and Labour; The Liberal Democrats; UKIP; The Greens; Plaid Cymru; Tactical voting; Scotland; Turnout across Great Britain; The electoral system; Notes; Appendix 2 :The Voting Statistics; Index.