Regional Dynamics: The Basis of Electoral Support in BritainTaylor & Francis, 1997 - 210 pages There is a perceived North-South divide in British politics. In this study, William Field points out that this divide marks the resurgence of a core-periphery cleavage which was also dominant in British politics in the years before 1914. Other similarities are pointed out. |
Contents
The Electoral Geography of Britain | 27 |
Current Explanations | 64 |
1 Distribution of the Economically | 67 |
The CorePeriphery Cleavage | 78 |
A Dynamic Model of Core and Periphery | 100 |
1 Geographic Origins of Members of | 134 |
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