Coalition and the Constitution

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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`England', Benjamin Disraeli famously said, `does not love coalitions'. But 2010 saw the first peace-time coalition in Britain since the 1930s. The coalition, moreover, may well not be an aberration. For there are signs that, with the rise in strength of third parties, hung parliaments are more likely to recur than in the past. Perhaps, therefore, the era of single-party majority government, to which we have become accustomed since 1945, is coming to an end. But is the British constitution equipped to deal with coalition? Are alterations in the procedures of parliament or government needed to cope with it?The inter-party agreement between the coalition partners proposes a wide ranging series of constitutional reforms, the most important of which are fixed-term parliaments and a referendum on the alternative vote electoral system, to be held in May 2011. The coalition is also proposing measures to reduce the size of the House of Commons, to directly elect the House of Lords and to strengthen localism. These reforms, if implemented, could permanently alter the way we are governed.This book analyses the significance of coalition government for Britain and of the momentous constitutional reforms which the coalition is proposing. In doing so it seeks to penetrate the cloud of polemic and partisanship to provide an objective analysis for the informed citizen.

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-03-25
Mått:156 x 238 x 14 mm
Vikt:440 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bloomsbury 3PL
Antal sidor:162
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781849461580

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Vernon Bogdanor was, until 2010, Professor of Government at Oxford University. He is now a Research Professor at King's College, London, Gresham Professor of Law, a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

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Bogdanor's short and readable critique of proposals such as the alternative vote and fixed-term parliaments is to the high standard one has come to expect from him.

Innehållsförteckning

1. The General Election of 2010 and the Formation of the Coalition I . Outcome of the Election II . A Hung Parliament III . A Hung Parliament and the Constitution 2. Formation of the Coalition I . The Politics of Coalition Formation II . The Electoral Geography of Coalition Formation 3. Governing with a Coalition I . The Structure of the Coalition II . Agreements to Differ III . The Coalition and the Civil Service I V. Types of Coalition 4. 'England Does Not Love Coalitions' I . Coalitions in Peacetime II . Electoral Pacts III . Grass-Roots Hostility to Coalitions 5. Electoral Reform and the Alternative Vote I . Reducing the Number of MPs II . More Frequent Boundary Reviews III . The Referendum on the Alternative Vote I V. The Working of the Alternative Vote V. Some Possible Consequences of the Alternative Vote 6. Fixed-Term Parliaments I . Experience of Fixed-Term Parliaments II . Thresholds for Dissolution III . The Constructive Vote of No Confidence I V. Effects of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 7. A New World? Multi-Party Politics and Coalition Government I . A Series of Hung Parliaments? II . Consequences of Hung Parliaments III . A Directly Elected Second Chamber I V. A Constitution for a Post-Bureaucratic Age

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