Tiratelli, Matteo;
(2023)
The Centre Ground Hypothesis and the Shape of Public Opinion.
The Political Quarterly
10.1111/1467-923x.13231.
(In press).
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Abstract
This article takes issue with the widespread assumption that most people hold moderate political opinions on most issues. Tracing the historical conditions and theoretical assumptions that underpin that idea and testing it against polling from Britain, the author shows that—across economic, social and international affairs—the centre ground is not where most people are at.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Centre Ground Hypothesis and the Shape of Public Opinion |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1467-923x.13231 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.13231 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 The Author. The Political Quarterly published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Political Quarterly Publishing Co (PQPC). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
| Keywords: | public opinion, centrism, moderation, democracy, Gramsci, common sense |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10164681 |
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