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This is the most authoritative picture to date of what the British people
and their politicians really think about the fundamentals of politics. Based on
new and revealing survey data, it presents a wide-ranging analysis of British
attitudes to civil, political, and social rights. The study uncovers two broad
`macro-dimensions' of political principle - liberty and equality - which
underlie a large number of more specific principles and shape people's
responses to many practical issues. Controversially, it claims that commitments
to liberty and equality tend to run together - only the least educated treat
them as alternatives; left-wingers support both and right-wingers oppose both.
It explores the influence of social background, personal experience, and the
institutional setting on attitudes towards political principles, highlighting
in particular age and the complex influences of education and religion. And it
also shows how arguments and propganda combine with political principles and
party loyalties to influence opinion on practical issues. The final chapter
presents an overall model and quantifies the relative power of all these
different influences. This book is intended for scholars and students of British politics,
political sociology, public opinion, civil liberties, and survey research
methods; policy analysts, policy makers; journalists working in the areas of
both British politics and civil liberties. This work presents a picture of what the British people and politicians
really think about the fundamentals of politics. Based on new survey data, it
presents a wide-ranging analysis of British attitudes to civil, political, and
social rights.
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