A2 Level Sociology : Power and Politics

Part One: PowerPoint Presentations

Voting Behaviour in the UK : A Four Part Presentation

Part A : Electoral Stability and Party Identification 1945-1970

Part B: Models of Voting Behaviour

Part C: Social Influences on Voting and Non-Voting

Part D: Voting Behaviour: Some Further Information on the General Elections of 1992, 1997, 2001 and 2005

IPSOS MORI comprehensive coverage of the 2010 General Election

Link to series of PDF presentations on British Politics from Keele University.

[Useful, for example on the 1945-51 Labour Govts., the Post War Consensus and Thatcherism]

Further Slide Presentations

The following links will take you to IPSOS MORI Slide Presentations providing background information on the current state of British Party Politics .

IPSOS MORI and Party Leadership

IPSOS MORI and the Liberal Democrats  

IPSOS MORI and Challenges for the Labour Party 

IPSOS MORI and the Conservatives      

Part Two: Teaching Notes

Introducing the State, Power, Authority and Coercion  

Pressure Groups: Some Introductory Information     

Functions of Political Parties  

Link to Prof. Frank Elwell's Presentation on C.W. Mills [Middle Section has good information on Power Elite Theory]

Voting Behaviour [1]: Part A: Electoral Stability, Party Identification and Social Class 1945-1970  and Part B: Non- Class Influences on Voting Behaviour 1945-2010

Voting Behaviour [2]:  Part A:  Models of Voting Behaviour  and Part B: The General Elections of 1992 and 1997 

Voting Behaviour [3]: The General Elections of 1997, 2001 and 2005: Some Comparisons.

.[The above document now includes  links to IPSOS MORI coverage of the 2010 General Election.]

The UK General Election of May 6th 2010    NEWEST

The UK Economy : Background to the UK 2010 General Election [External links only]    NEWEST

Part Three: Assignments

Voting Behaviour and Social Class 1992 -2010