Britain Decides: The UK General Election 2005 [Paperback]

The 2005 UK General Election promised to be a hard-fought contest. Drawing upon contributions from a range of experts, this book explains the basis upon which the election was fought. Combining analysis of the party campaigns with a longer-term assessment of the handling of key issues, the volume provides a definitive guide to how the election was won and lost. Academic analyses of social, political and territorial factors in how the UK voted are complemented by outsider views and constituency profiles, in a rigorous, lively and accessible manner.Introduction; A.Geddes & J.Tonge Results; D.Denver Labour; S.Fielding Conservatives; P.Cowley & J.Green Liberal Democrats; E.D.Fieldhouse & D.Cutts The Fringe Parties; R.Eatwell The Candidate; T.Wright Scotland; J.Mitchell Wales; J.Bradbury Northern Ireland; J.Tonge Gender; S.Childs Campaign Finance; J.Fisher Internet & E-Democracy; S.Ward Media Coverage; D.Wring Economy; M.Smith Delivery of Services; D.Richards Foreign Policy and the War on Terror; G.Cameron Europe; A.Geddes Immigration and Asylum; A.Geddes Conclusion; A.Geddes & J.TongeJONATHAN BRADBURY University of Swansea, UKGAVIN CAMERON University of Calgary, CanadaSARAH CHILDS University of Bristol, UKPHIL COWLEY University of Nottingham, UKDAVID CUTTS University of Manchester, UKDAVID DENVER University of Lancaster, UKROGER EATWELL University of Bath, UKE. D. FIELDHOUSE University of Manchester, UKSTEVE FIELDING University of Salford, UKJUSTIN FISHER Brunel University, UKJANE GREEN University of Oxford, UKJAMES MITCHELL University of Strathclyde, UKDAVE RICHARDS University of Sheffield, UKMARTIN SMITH University of Sheffield, UKSTEVE WARD University of Oxford, UKTONY WRIGHT Member of Parliament, UKDOMINIC WRING University of Loughborough, UK