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View article: The World Isn’t Fair, but Shouldn’t Elections Be? Evaluating Prospective Beliefs about the Fairness of Elections and Referenda
The World Isn’t Fair, but Shouldn’t Elections Be? Evaluating Prospective Beliefs about the Fairness of Elections and Referenda Open
Almost all academic literature about the causes and consequences of fairness of elections and referenda is based on retrospective evaluations. One of the strongest findings of such studies is that nonvoting is higher among citizens who ret…
View article: D9.3 Usability evaluation report
D9.3 Usability evaluation report Open
This report presents information about how tools produced in the context of WP9 (Data Communities) have been received in their intended user communities. This emphasis on usability and usefulness is applied to, respectively to the followin…
View article: D9.10 User community feedback and usage report
D9.10 User community feedback and usage report Open
This report constitutes SSHOC Deliverable 9.10, which describes the first stage of testing of the Knowledge Graph (KG) for Electoral Studies that constituted Deliverable D9.9 (‘Delivery of user-validated Knowledge Graph, and Election Studi…
View article: D9.2 Midterm evaluation report
D9.2 Midterm evaluation report Open
Three of the Tasks in WP9 (Data Communities) are associated with particular user communities. These are Ethnic and Migration Studies (associated with T9.2), Electoral Studies (associated with T9.3), and Heritage Science (associated with T9…
View article: Winner–loser effects in contentious constitutional referenda: Perceptions of procedural fairness and the Brexit referendum
Winner–loser effects in contentious constitutional referenda: Perceptions of procedural fairness and the Brexit referendum Open
This article addresses a critical gap in the literature on winner–loser effects that consists of the lack of attention for highly contentious constitutional referenda. It uses unique multi-wave panel data of over 13,000 people that is unri…
View article: D1.6 SSHOC Data Management Plan
D1.6 SSHOC Data Management Plan Open
The Deliverable 1.6 Data Management Plan (DMP) provides structured description of data collected, created, and used for and by the SSHOC project. It also describes the procedures and policies as well as data protection and preservation mec…
View article: SSHOC D 9.6 Demarcation Report of Electoral Studies User Community
SSHOC D 9.6 Demarcation Report of Electoral Studies User Community Open
This report is Deliverable D9.6 of the SSHOC project. It provides a precondition for subsequent reports D9.7 (Design and Planning of a Knowledge Graph), and D9.9 (Production of a user validated Knowledge Graph). Knowledge graphs are infras…
View article: European Elections 1989
European Elections 1989 Open
The European Election Study 1989 is a survey study of the electorates of the member states of the European Community: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Ki…
View article: SSHOC D1.1 Project Management Plan
SSHOC D1.1 Project Management Plan Open
This document is the deliverable “D1.1 – Project Management Plan” of the Horizon2020 project “Social Sciences & Humanities Open Cloud” (hereinafter also referred to as “SSHOC”, project reference: 823782). The SSHOC Project Management Plan …
View article: SSHOC D1.2 Quality Assurance & Risk Assessment Plan
SSHOC D1.2 Quality Assurance & Risk Assessment Plan Open
This document is the deliverable “D1.2 – Qualitative Assurance and Risk Assessment plan” of the Horizon2020 project “Social Sciences & Humanities Open Cloud” (hereinafter also referred to as “SSHOC”, project reference: 823782). This delive…
View article: Electoral Shocks: The Volatile Voter in a Turbulent World
Electoral Shocks: The Volatile Voter in a Turbulent World Open
'Electoral Shocks' offers a novel perspective on British elections, focusing on the role of electoral shocks in the context of increasing electoral volatility. It demonstrates and explains the long-term trend in volatility, how shocks have…
View article: Reward, Blame, and Guilt by Association? The Electoral Collapse of the Liberal Democrats
Reward, Blame, and Guilt by Association? The Electoral Collapse of the Liberal Democrats Open
In 2015 the Liberal Democrats won 8.1 per cent of the vote, only a third of what they managed five years earlier, making it their worst performance since 1970. As a result, they faced almost complete electoral wipe-out, winning only eight …
View article: Copyright Page
Copyright Page Open
Subject UK Politics Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
View article: Appendix to Chapter 8
Appendix to Chapter 8 Open
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View article: Appendix to Chapter 6
Appendix to Chapter 6 Open
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View article: Appendix to Chapter 5
Appendix to Chapter 5 Open
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View article: Appendix to Chapter 7
Appendix to Chapter 7 Open
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View article: List of Tables
List of Tables Open
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View article: List of Figures
List of Figures Open
Subject UK Politics Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
View article: Appendix to Chapter 10
Appendix to Chapter 10 Open
Subject UK Politics Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
View article: Appendix to Chapter 4
Appendix to Chapter 4 Open
Subject UK Politics Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
View article: EU Accession Immigration and the Rise of UKIP
EU Accession Immigration and the Rise of UKIP Open
This chapter explains how the powerful issue dimensions of the EU and immigration were combined in the 2004 decision for open immigration with EU accession countries. As immigration rose in the 2000s, the salience of immigration increased …
View article: Introduction
Introduction Open
What has changed in British politics? Volatility. The British party system, and the electorate within it, have become more volatile over time, delivering substantial increases in fragmentation, in 2015, and then the largest two-party share…
View article: Dedication
Dedication Open
Subject UK Politics Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
View article: Turbulent British Politics
Turbulent British Politics Open
This chapter sets out a novel theoretical approach for understanding electoral change. This approach focuses on the mechanisms and consequences of electoral shocks in the context of electoral volatility. The chapter sets out the reasons fo…
View article: Brexit and the Reshaping of British Electoral Politics
Brexit and the Reshaping of British Electoral Politics Open
In this chapter we show how the vote to leave the EU in 2017 brought about a return to two-party politics and a fundamental shift in the social and geographical alignment of party support. Electoral competition between the two main parties…
View article: Volatility and Electoral Shocks
Volatility and Electoral Shocks Open
The General Elections of 2015 and 2017 marked a historically high level of volatility, both at the aggregate level and at the level of the individual voter. In this chapter we describe how this increased volatility is part of a long-term t…
View article: SSHOC D9.1 Challenges that user communities face when attempting to contribute to SSHOC
SSHOC D9.1 Challenges that user communities face when attempting to contribute to SSHOC Open
This report analyses obstacles that user- and data-communities and their members are likely to experience when attempting to engage with, make use of the products and services provided by, and contribute to the evolving EOSC/SSHOC infrastr…