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Book SynopsisIn an exploration of mass voter alignments in Great Britain, Kenneth D. Wald illuminates the electoral consequences of major social divisions and the relationship between social structure and partisanship. He establishes that the transition from religion to social class as the chief influence on British voting occurred after World War I, as most sc
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Tables, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xiii*Chapter 1. The Context of the Study, pg. 1*Chapter 2. Class Politics without Class Parties?, pg. 19*Chapter 3. Crosses on the Ballot ?, pg. 53*Chapter 4. The Methods of Analysis, pg. 73*Chapter 5. Voting and Social Structure: Conceptual Problems, pg. 95*Chapter 6. Voting and Social Structure: Empirical Analysis, pg. 122*Chapter 7. Religious Beliefs and Political Behavior, pg. 162*Chapter 8. Transformation of the Party System, pg. 202*Chapter 9. Conclusion, pg. 250*Select Bibliography, pg. 255*Index, pg. 261
