...Farah Hussain In this article, I expand upon the Asymmetric Power Model to include an analysis of enduring inequalities within political parties that contribute to representational inequality within the British political system by examining the case of Muslim women in the Labour Party...

.... The research builds on previous analyses of British MPs’ approaches to climate change, including finding that party identity is more useful in predicting their perspectives on climate change than their perception of public attitudes. climate change Conservative party labour party MPs polarization...

... Attribution License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Despite having delivered devolution, the British Labour Party has faced significant challenges...

... source is a selection of Cameron’s speeches as Coalition Prime Minister, particularly those geared towards audiences in his own party. David Cameron Coalition Government Conservative Party Deficit reduction Labour Party Margaret Thatcher It is merely suggested here that by speaking in these terms...

... empirical democratic theory dimensions. To test our methodology, we analyse two different types of parties, a new digital one, Pos, and a traditional one undergoing reform, the Labour Party. Our analysis shows, first, that the application of technology is not neutral, with a differential impact depending...

... part of the tactical response of a state-wide party to a perceived increase in the electoral threat posed by a regional nationalist opponent. In the mid-1970s, the Labour Party in Scotland adopted precisely this strategy. Having been internally divided over the issue ( McLean and McMillan, 2005 , pp...

... leadership. Finally, the conclusion assesses the implications of the election for the future of party politics in Wales. Keywords: Wales devolved election Labour party Conservative party Plaid Cymru UKIP valence politics. The fifth election to the devolved National Assembly for Wales (NAW) was held...

... that these objections do not hold when subjected to rigorous empirical analysis, suggesting that quotas do not pose a threat to ‘merit’ at any stage of the political process. All-women shortlists British politics Gender quotas Gender and politics Labour Party Women in politics Gender quotas have emerged in recent...

... of support, even if Euro-Communism and the GDR's critique of the party programmes of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) after 1956 soured relations considerably. Hence it was among Communist and left-Labour trade unionists and left-wing Labour Party supporters, including several MPs, that the GDR...

... British elections election campaigns voting behaviour voter turnout Labour Party Conservative Party 1974 1979 The Conservative government that took office under Edward Heath in 1970 suffered remarkably bad luck, not all of its own making. It was beset by industrial unrest at home and the shock...

... becoming further disaffected with politics. The 1992 election demonstrated the importance of competence in voters’ calculations, but enthusiasm for politics, and trust in politicians, remained at a low ebb. inflation unemployment industrial action Margaret Thatcher Conservative Party Labour Party...

..., once deemed their ‘superiors’. politics democracy voting everyday life consumerism Conservative Party Labour Party One of the most frequent and persistent fears underlying democracy, in Britain and across the globe, is that ordinary people lack interest in the political questions...

... actively opposed the notion of incorporation. This chapter, delivered as a lecture in March 1993, rehearsed the arguments in favour of incorporation; the day before, as it happened, the late John Smith had signalled a change in Labour Party policy. Now, that change has been given legislative effect...

...This chapter shows the professionalization of the political class in Great Britain, a country that until the early 1970s was dominated by the amateur politician. Both major parties in Britain, the Conservatives and the Labour Party, created the crucial preconditions for the emergence...

... alliance with the Labour Party) on the political life of the town and the problem of the non-voter; on working-class leisure and the pub; on religion; and the fate of the various book planned on these themes. It also deals with Harrisson's attempts to bring modern art to the masses, and his encounter...

...This chapter focuses on London's taxi drivers who belonged to the groups epitomized by the ‘Essex man’ of the 1980s, culturally working-class but politically beyond the reach of the Labour Party during the Thatcher years. It shows that Labour never became the ‘natural party of government...

... strikes Trevelyan C P Union of Democratic Control Barnes G N Cecil Lord Robert League of Nations Union Murray Gilbert Paris Peace Conference Snowden Philip Versailles Treaty of 1919 Independent Labour Party Labour governments Brockway Fenner General Strike 1926 Geneva Protocol Mosley Oswald...

... of aspects in the relationship between the Labour Party and its history: the conflict of ‘old’ and ‘new’; Labour's growing maturity as an institution and the impact of generational change within the party; attitudes towards the Labour movement and heritage; and the use of the past in contemporary debates...

... competition between banks. This undermined the social democratic model for managing credit established since the war. The chapter focuses in particular on how the Labour Party attempted in the 1970s to produce a banking system that was competitive, efficient, and able to channel credit to the struggling...

...Compares the European policies of three constitutional nationalist parties in the UK: the Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru (Wales), and the Social and Democratic Labour Party (Northern Ireland). It shows how each has, in different ways, used EU integration strategically and tactically...