Derek Hearl

Ideology, strategy and party change : spatial analyses of post-war election programmes in 19 democracies

1. Influence of election programmes: Britain and Canada 1945-1979 Colin Rallings 2. The internal analysis of election programmes Ian Budge 3. Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the United States 1946-1981, an initial comparative analysis David Robertson 4. Canada 1945-1980: party platforms and campaign strategies William P. Irvine 5. Sri Lanka 1947-1977: elite programmes and mass politics Judith Bara 6. Israel 1949-1981 Judith Bara 7. Ireland 1948-1981: issues, parties, strategies Peter Mair 8. Northern Ireland 1921-1973: party manifestos and platforms Michael Laver 9. Sweden and Denmark 1945-1982: election programmes in the Scandinavian setting Margareta Holmstedt and Tove-Lise Schou 10. The Netherlands 1946-81 Karl Dittrich 11. Belgium 1946-1981 Derek J. Hearl 12. Luxembourg 1945-1982: dimensions and strategies Derek J. Hearl 13. Austria 1945-1978 Franz Horner 14. Electoral programmes in West Germany 1949-1980: explorations in the nature of political controversy Hans-Dieter Klingemann 15. France 1958-1981: the strategy of joint government platforms Francois Petry 16. Italy 1946-1979: ideological distances and party movements Alfio Mastropaolo 17. Japan 1960-1980: party programmes in elections Takashi Inoguchi 18. Do parties differ, and how? Comparative discriminant and factor analyses Ian Budge and David Robertson Appendices General bibliography.

Distinctiveness of Regional Voting: A Comparative Analysis Across the European Community (1979-1993)

Abstract All regions of the European Community, including purely administrative ones, are examined to see how far their aggregate party votes differ from those cast across the state as a whole. Considerable differences emerge both between regions themselves and between regions and the state in which they are embedded. While these are not exclusively related to voting for a minority Nationalist party, this is a major element in voting distinctiveness. Structural factors promoting distinctiveness in general are employment in agriculture, unemployment and (more weakly) regional GDP. Factors influencing minority nationalist voting in the regions where it exists are employment in industry, unemployment and (overwhelmingly) the presence of a regional language.