| Description |
312 p. |
| ISBN |
9780230305014 |
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0230305016 |
| Note |
Electronic book text. |
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Epublication based on: 9780230290716, 2011. |
| Contents |
Foreword Introduction: Coalition Politics in Historical Perspective PART ONE: THE COALITION IN THE MAKING The Legacy of New Labour The May 2010 General Election The Con/Lib Programme for Government PART TWO: COALITION POLICIES IN PERSPECTIVE The Con/Lib Agenda for Cutting the Deficit and Rebalancing the Economy The Con/Lib Agenda for Education The Con/Lib Agenda for Health The Con/Lib Agenda for Welfare and the 'Big Society' The Con/Lib Agenda for Home Affairs The Con-Lib Agenda for the 'New Politics' and Constitutional Reform PART THREE: COALITION POLICIES ABROAD The Con/Lib Agenda for Defence The Con/Lib Agenda for Foreign Policy The Con/Lib Agenda for Europe The Con/Lib Agenda for International Development PART FOUR: A COALITION BUILT TO LAST? The End of New Labour: The Future for the Labour Party Conclusion: A Coalition Built to Last. |
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Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
Beech and Lee provide a definitive guide to the coalition's first year in office. Offering compelling insights into their policy agenda, its chances of success, and a thought-provoking analysis of how the coalition government will affect the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour long-term. This book provides the first detailed analysis of the ideas and policies of the Cameron-Clegg government. It covers the period from the May 2010 General Election and its outcome, through the formation of the coalition, to publication of the coalition's Programme for Government, and its 20 October 2010 Spending Review. Drawing upon the contributions of a team of 16 academic experts, every area of domestic policy is evaluated, including policy developments and spending decisions affecting the economy; health; education; welfare and the 'Big Society'; environment and transport; home affairs; constitutional reform; and Scotland, Wales and Northen Ireland. The Cameron-Clegg Government also evaluates the coalition's agenda for defence policy, including the outcome of the Strategic Defence Review; foreign policy and international development; and policy towards the European Union. The book concludes with an analysis of the impact of the coalition upon each of the three major United Kingdom political parties. |
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'a timely rain-check on the government's progress. The coalition may well have a lot longer to run but its first year has certainly been action packed and students of British politics will find much to chew over in this volume.' - Steve Coulter, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. |
| Audience |
Undergraduate. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Matt Beech is Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Centre for British Politics, Department of Politics and International Studies, Hull University, UK. Simon Lee is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Democratic Governance, Department of Politics and International Studies, Hull University, UK. |
| Subject |
Coalition governments -- History -- 21st century -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 2007.
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| Other Author |
Beech, Matt.
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Lee, Simon, 1963-
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