The British Coalition Government, 2010-2015: A marriage of inconvenience

Dorey, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2763-1622 and Garnett, Mark 2016. The British Coalition Government, 2010-2015: A marriage of inconvenience. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 10.1057/978-1-137-02377-3

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Abstract

This book examines the formation and operation of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government from May 2010 to May 2015. The authors outline the factors that enabled the union, including economic circumstances, parliamentary politics, the initially amicable relationship established between David Cameron and Nick Clegg, and the apparent ideological closeness of Conservative modernisers and Orange Book Liberal Democrats. The authors then analyse how these factors shaped the policy agenda pursued over the five years, including the issues of deficit reduction, public sector reform, and welfare reduction, before discussing the tensions that developed as a result of these decisions. Ultimately, relations between the coalition partners steadily became less amicable and more acrimonious, as mutual respect gave way to mutual recrimination.

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Authored Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Department of Politics and International Relations (POLIR) Cardiff Law & Politics
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:	9781137023759
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Last Modified:	01 Nov 2022 11:33
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/95362

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