Labour's Grass Roots The Politics of Party Membership [Paperback]

Political parties are the driving force behind liberal democracy, yet knowledge of who belongs to them and why is almost nonexistent. This work attempts to provide the first national profile of the social background, characteristics, attitudes and values, as well as the political experiences and activities of Labour Party members in Great Britain.

A unique portrait of the membership of Britain's Labour party....A sound piece of empirical research that asks the right questions and yields useful results by which to better understand Labour's membership. --Choice

Seyd and Whiteley's gratifying new book provides the scholarly community with a coherent and methodologically-grounded account of the sociological and political contours of the party's membership. --British Politics Group Newsletter

Seyd and Whiteley have a rich questionnaire, which yields the best picture to date of Labour party members. --American Political Science Review