Replication Data for: Thatcher’s Children, Blair’s Babies, political socialisation and trickle-down value-change: An age, period and cohort analysis

Thatcher’s Children, Blair’s Babies, political socialisation and trickle-down value-change: An age, period and cohort analysis Dr Maria Grasso University of Sheffield, Department of Politics [e-mail] Prof Stephen Farrall University of Sheffield, School of Law [e-mail] Dr Emily Gray University of Sheffield, School of Law [e-mail] Prof Colin Hay Sciences Po, Paris, Centre d’Études Européennes [e-mail] Prof Will Jennings University of Southampton, Department of Politics and International Relations [e-mail] Abstract To what extent are new generations ‘Thatcherite’? Using British Social Attitudes data for 1985-2012 and applying age-period-cohort (APC) analysis and generalized additive models (GAMs) this paper investigates whether Thatcher’s Children hold more right-authoritarian political values compared to other political generations. We further examine the extent to which the generation that came of age under New Labour – Blair’s Babies – share these values. Our findings for generation effects indicate that this political generation is even more right-authoritarian, including with respect to attitudes to redistribution, welfare and crime. We support this view through evidence of cohort effects. Our results show the legacy of Thatcherism for left-right and libertarian-authoritarian values is to be found in its long-term shaping of public opinion through political socialisation.

《撒切尔的后代、布莱尔的一代：政治社会化与涓滴式价值观变迁——年龄、时期与队列分析》
玛丽亚·格拉索博士 谢菲尔德大学政治系 [e-mail]
斯蒂芬·法罗尔教授 谢菲尔德大学法学院 [e-mail]
埃米莉·格雷博士 谢菲尔德大学法学院 [e-mail]
科林·海教授 巴黎政治学院欧洲研究中心 [e-mail]
威尔·詹宁斯教授 南安普顿大学政治与国际关系系 [e-mail]

摘要：新一代在多大程度上带有“撒切尔主义”倾向？本文使用1985-2012年的英国社会态度调查（British Social Attitudes）数据，结合年龄-时期-队列（age-period-cohort, APC）分析与广义可加模型（generalized additive models, GAMs），探究了“撒切尔的后代”相较于其他政治世代是否持有更右翼威权主义的政治价值观。本文进一步考察了在新工党时期成年的世代——“布莱尔的一代”——是否也共享此类价值观。本研究关于世代效应的发现表明，该政治世代的右翼威权主义倾向更为显著，在再分配、福利与犯罪态度方面亦是如此。我们通过队列效应的相关证据支撑了这一观点。研究结果显示，撒切尔主义对左右翼与自由-威权价值观的影响，体现在其通过政治社会化长期塑造公众舆论的过程中。