The moving centre : preferences for government activity in Britain, 1950-2005
Bartle, J and Dellepiane Avellaneda, Sebastian and Stimson, J (2011) The moving centre : preferences for government activity in Britain, 1950-2005. British Journal of Political Science, 41 (2). pp. 259-285. ISSN 0007-1234 (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123410000463)
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The political ‘centre’ is often discussed in debates about public policy and analyses of party strategies and election outcomes. Yet, to date, there has been little effort to estimate the political centre outside the United States. This article outlines a method of estimating the political centre using public opinion data collected for the period between 1950 and 2005. It is demonstrated that it is possible to measure the centre in Britain, that it moves over time, that it shifts in response to government activity and, furthermore, that it has an observable association with general election outcomes.
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Bartle, J, Dellepiane Avellaneda, Sebastian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0318-8611 and Stimson, J;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 39262 Dates: DateEventApril 2011Published21 December 2010Published OnlineSubjects: Political Science > Political theory Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 19 Apr 2012 13:23 Last modified: 19 Oct 2024 15:41 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/39262