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POLITICAL GENERATIONS: THE CASE OF CLASS AND PARTY IN BRITAIN 1
Author(s) -
THORBURN PHYLLIS
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
european journal of political research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.267
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1475-6765
pISSN - 0304-4130
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1977.tb01217.x
Subject(s) - political radicalism , politics , preference , cohort , class (philosophy) , demographic economics , position (finance) , political science , association (psychology) , working class , social class , political economy , demography , sociology , economics , psychology , medicine , law , finance , artificial intelligence , computer science , psychotherapist , microeconomics
Political generation effects on British party preference and on the association between class and party are examined through cohort analysis of the Oxford Mobility Study, a survey of men aged 20–64. The evidence shows a decline in Conservative strength across the cohorts along with higher levels of non‐partisanship in the younger cohorts. There is a decrease in class polarisation, but it is not symmetrical: Labour appears to have maintained its position as the party of the working class whereas middle class radicalism has increased.