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A Survey on UK Public Opinion on Attitudes to Politicians

Project overview

This project undertook a nationally representative survey to explore citizens' perceptions of politicians, specifically considering questions of nostalgia - in how much people feel politicians listen to them today, compared to how much they think that politicians listened to them in the past. The study also explored feelings of social centrality (status) and their spatial distribution in Britain.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Will Jennings

Associate Dean Research & Enterprise

Research interests

  • Public policy
  • Public opinion
  • Polling
Connect with Will

Email: W.J.Jennings@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Gerry Stoker

Chair in Governance

Research interests

  • 1. Much of Gerry Stoker's intitial work focused on local government and urban politics. Key publications include Remaking Planning, 1989 ( with Tim Brindley and Yvonne Rydin and the single-authored The Politics of Local Government (1988) and Transforming Local Governance (2004) 
  • 2. A broader focus on the concept and practice  of governance is reflected  in various article widely cited articles and co-authored  books published including Towards Holistic Governance(2002), Governance Theory and Practice(2009) and Nuclear Power and Energy Policy. The Limits to Governance(2015) 
  • 3. Contributions to debates about how to conduct political science are reflected in four editions of the edited volume (with David Marsh) Theory and Methods in Political Science (1995, 2002, 2010, 2018)  and a co-edited book The Relevance of Political Science. Articles on developing a design arm or solution-orientation to political science have also been written
Connect with Gerry

Email: G.Stoker@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs