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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. Klappentext An evaluation of the reasons for multi-party growth and its constitutional consequences. Zusammenfassung Since 1945! British politics has been dominated by a two-party system. Yet this has been challenged with the electoral performance of the two major parties declining. The purpose of Multi-party Politics and the Constitution is twofold: first to examine the reasons for the growth of multi-party politics in Britain! secondly to consider its constitutional consequences. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on sources; Introduction; Part I. Multi-party Politics: 1. The two-party system and its challengers; 2. The Social Democratic Party and the Alliance; 3. Multi-party politics and the electorate; 4. Multi-party politics and the future; Part II. The Constitutional Consequences: 5. Forming a government: the lessons of history; 6. Forming a government: the rules of the game; 7. Minority government; 8. Coalition government; Conclusion; Appendix: Coalition and minority governments in Britain since 1895; Bibliographical note; Index.
