PETER JOYCE is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he has worked since 1980. He teaches politics, criminology and police studies. He has published widely in these areas. His current research includes a book on Law, Order and Social Unrest (Macmillan, forthcoming 1999) and research on Jo Grimond's role in Liberal history.

• Introduction The Formation and Development of the Liberal and Labour Parties The Liberal Party, Progressive Politics and Liberal-Labour Relationships, 1906-1929 Liberal-Labour Party Relationships, 1929-1939 Labour's Pursuit of the Liberal Vote, 1945-1959 Liberal and Labour Relationships 1959-1966: Revisionism and the Realignment of the Left The Failure to Secure Realignment Liberal Politics 1967-1979 The Emergence of the Social Democratic Party The Relationship Between the Liberal and Social Democratic Parties, 1981-1988 and the Formative Years of the Liberal Democrats Modernisation and Renewal in the Labour Party and the Potential for Labour-Liberal Democrat Cooperation in the 1990s Conclusion: Liberal Democrat - Labour Cooperation After 1997 Bibliography Index