British Tradition of Minority Government

This book gives a fresh perspective on minority governance using declassified files which challenge some of the myths surrounding the minority administrations in the 1970s, and reveals a British tradition of minority government which goes beyond that of other countries.

Sommario

1. Myths, methods and minorities
2. Myths about leaders: personalities and strategy-making
3. The birth of myths: alternatives to government formation
4. The myth of weakness: legislative management
5. The myth of coalition: the Lib-Lab Pact
6. The myth of exclusivity: informal interparty cooperation
7. The myth of binary choice: electoral timing
8. Myths and secret plans: future minority governments/coalitions
9. Dissolving myths: the day the Government fell
10. Rewriting political mythology in 2017
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Timothy Noel Peacock is a Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow.

Riassunto

This book gives a fresh perspective on minority governance using declassified files which challenge some of the myths surrounding the minority administrations in the 1970s, and reveals a British tradition of minority government which goes beyond that of other countries. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dr Timothy Peacock, Timothy Peacock, Timothy Noel Peacock, Timothy Noël Peacock, Timothy Peacock
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781526123268
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2326-8
• Pagine: 264
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Comparative Politics, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state