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Zusatztext The country faces a string of tinkering changes. The unintended consequences will be many. This shrewd, short book explains why. Informationen zum Autor 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. Zusammenfassung This book analyses the significance of coalition government for Britain and of the momentous constitutional reforms which the coalition is proposing. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
