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Cross-party politics in post-war Britain, 1945-2019
From Winston Churchill to Nick Clegg, Tony Blair to Nigel Farage, elite British politicians have privately and publicly toyed with the concept of co-operating with their competitors. This book takes a historical-comparative look at seven such cases from the last 80 years.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Churchill and the Liberal Party, 1945-1951 -- 3. A 'Government of National Unity'?: February-October 1974 -- 4. The Formation of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1976-1977 -- 5. The Formation of the SDP and the Alliance, 1979-1981 -- 6. The Blair-Ashdown Project and Lib-Lab Politics, 1992-1999 -- 7. The Formation and Continuation of the Coalition Government, 2007-2015 -- 8. The Cross-Party Politics of Brexit, June 2017-December 2019 -- 9. Conclusion -- Index of Names -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
inter-party politics, coalition politics, electoral pacts, British politics, Westminster Model, Labour Party history, Conservative Party history, Liberal Democrat history, historical institutionalism
Cross-party politics in Britain, 1945-2019