New Labour's Grassroots

The Transformation of the Labour Party Membership

By: P. Seyd, P. Whiteley

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Hardcover | 19 June 2002 | Edition Number 1

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Based on a unique series of surveys conducted during the 1990s, this book examines changes in the social backgrounds, attitudes, beliefs, and political activities of Labor party members. It addresses questions such as: What do Labor party members think of New Labor and its policies? How important are the members to the party? Are they becoming more or less active over time? Can the party dispense with its membership and still remain viable?

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'Much of the evidence presented by Seyd and Whiteley is quantitative...but they consciously try and write and present the material in an accessible way. There is refreshingly little political science 'babble'...the book will probably be most eagerly read in new Labour circles, anyone interested in British politics should enjoy it and learn from it.' - David Denver, Professor of Politics, Lancaster University, Times Higher Educational Supplement

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List of Figures	p. ix
List of Tables	p. xi
Introduction: Party Transformation	p. xv
The Blair Project: Setting the Context	p. 1
Preparing for government: the Kinnock reforms, 1983-1992	p. 4
Preparing for government: the Smith interregnum, 1992-1994	p. 6
Preparing for government: the Blair reforms, 1994-1997	p. 8
Political objectives and commitments	p. 9
The Labour government, 1997-2001	p. 13
Organizational reforms in the Labour Party	p. 19
Attitudes to the Blair government	p. 26
The Grassroots Members: Who Are They?	p. 31
The recruitment and growth of the membership	p. 31
A demographic profile of party members	p. 34
'Old' and 'new' Labour Party members	p. 40
Labour members and voters in 1997	p. 44
The Grassroots: What Do They Believe?	p. 49
The political attitudes of party members	p. 50
Party strategy	p. 59
Law and order	p. 62
Post-materialism	p. 65
Europe	p. 69
Labour members, activists and voters	p. 73
What Do They Do?	p. 77
The contact dimension of activity	p. 78
The campaigning dimension of activity	p. 82
The representation dimension of activity	p. 83
Donating money and party activity	p. 85
Explaining the decline in activism	p. 89
The general incentives model	p. 89
The evidence for the general incentives theory	p. 93
Changing incentives for activism	p. 105
Conclusions	p. 108
Activism and Campaigning in the New Labour Party	p. 111
Introduction	p. 111
Debates about campaign effects in 1997	p. 114
The evidence on local campaigns in 1997	p. 117
Modelling the effects of campaigning on the vote in 1997	p. 121
Simulating the influence of campaigning on the seats won	p. 133
Discussion and conclusions	p. 135
The Simulation Model	p. 136
What Do the Members Think of the Party and the Government?	p. 139
Introduction	p. 139
Members' images of the Labour Party, 1990 to 1999	p. 140
Voters' images of the Labour Party, 1987 to 1997	p. 148
Members' attitudes to the modernization strategy	p. 150
Members' attitudes to their own role in the party organization	p. 156
Members' perceptions of the performance of Labour in office	p. 160
Conclusions	p. 166
Conclusions	p. 167
The key findings and their implications	p. 168
Future models of party organization	p. 170
The decline in Labour's core electoral support in 2001	p. 177
Labour's future	p. 181
Conclusions	p. 184
Appendix	p. 187
Notes	p. 189
Bibliography	p. 193
Index	p. 199
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