Preface / John Bartley and Nicholas Allen -- 1. Deadlock: minority government and Brexit / Nicholas Allen -- 2. The Conservative Party: the triumph of the Eurosceptics / Thomas Quinn -- 3. The Labour Party: paralysis on the left / Paul Whiteley -- 4. Chaos and complexity in the party system / John Bartle -- 5. A divided electorate: old loyalties, new identities and the British 'culture war' / Maria Sobolewska -- 6. Why [the Conservatives/Labour/no one] won / Robert Johns -- 7. Britain in the wider world: not so exceptional / Sarah Birch -- 8. A critical election? / Jane Green -- Appendix: election results since 1945 -- Index
Summary
This latest edition of a prestigious and venerable series surveys the build up to the tumultuous 2017 General Election and its immediate aftermath, offering reasoned conjecture about the future of British party politics and democracy