LEADER 05099nam 22007091c 450 001 9910461243503321 005 20211005105009.0 010 $a1-84731-774-X 010 $a1-4725-6090-6 010 $a1-283-23167-0 010 $a9786613231673 010 $a1-84731-640-9 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472560902 035 $a(CKB)2670000000108229 035 $a(EBL)752475 035 $a(OCoLC)746747254 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000535134 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12186249 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535134 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10520688 035 $a(PQKB)10685098 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1772963 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC752475 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1772963 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10496902 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL323167 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255800 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6158726 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL752475 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000108229 100 $a20140929d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe coalition and the constitution $fVernon Bogdanor 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford $aPortland, Oregon $cHart Publishing $d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (163 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84946-158-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $aThe general election of 2010 and the formation of the coalition -- Formation of the coalition -- Governing with a coalition -- "England does not love coalitions" -- Electoral reform and the alternative vote -- Fixed-term parliaments -- A new world? : multi-party politics and coalition government 327 $a1. 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 330 8 $a`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 606 $aCoalition governments$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y21st century 606 $2Constitution: government & the state 606 $aConstitutional law$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y2007- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCoalition governments$xHistory 615 0$aConstitutional law 676 $a320.441 700 $aBogdanor$b Vernon$f1943-$0188881 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461243503321 996 $aThe coalition and the constitution$92459963 997 $aUNINA