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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wager, Alan (Political scientist) (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:	Great Britain > Politics and government > 1945- Political parties > Great Britain > History. Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1945- Politics & government. Politics and Government. inter-party politics, coalition politics, electoral pacts, British politics, Westminster Model, Labour Party history, Conservative Party history, Liberal Democrat history, historical institutionalism Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.