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The British coalition government, 2010-2015 : a marriage of inconvenience / Peter Dorey, Mark Garnett.
Author
Dorey, Peter, 1959-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
©2016
Description
xi, 311 pages ; 22 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
JN238 .D67 2016
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Coalitions
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Great Britain
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Great Britain
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Politics and government
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21st century
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Great Britain
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Economic policy
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1997-
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Great Britain
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Social policy
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Conservative Party (Great Britain)
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Liberal Democrats (Great Britain)
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Author
Garnett, Mark, 1963-
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Summary note
This book examines the formation and operation of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government from May 2010 to May 2015. The authors outline the factors that enabled the union, including economic circumstances, parliamentary politics, the initially amicable relationship established between David Cameron and Nick Clegg, and the apparent ideological closeness of Conservative modernisers and Orange Book Liberal Democrats. The authors then analyse how these factors shaped the policy agenda pursued over the five years, including the issues of deficit reduction, public sector reform, and welfare reduction, before discussing the tensions that developed as a result of these decisions. Ultimately, relations between the coalition partners steadily became less amicable and more acrimonious, as mutual respect gave way to mutual recrimination.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303) and index.
Contents
The making and modus operandi of the coalition government
The blame game : the coalition's economic policy
Public sector reform
Welfare reform
Constitutional developments
Foreign policy and the EU
From roses to rancour.
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ISBN
1137023767 (hardback)
9781137023766 (hardback)
1137023759 (hardback)
9781137023759 (hardback)
1137023775
9781137023773
LCCN
2016940013
OCLC
961930040
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