The Conservative-Liberal Coalition Examining the Cameron-Clegg Government

by Beech, Matt; Lee, Simon

• ISBN13: 9781137461360
• ISBN10: 1137461365
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-04-08
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

A unique full term analysis of the Clegg Cameron Government, this new collection from Beech and Lee provides a timely and thought provoking study of the Coalition Government's policies and legislation and its impact on British Politics in light of the next General Election.

The Conservative-Liberal Coalition examines the evolution of political thought in both parties, and the impact and ramifications of the Coalition for contemporary conservatism and liberalism. Bringing together a cast of leading academics and political commentators on a range of key issues from the economy and education to immigration and the European Union, this volume explains the nature and development of the Coalition's ideas and policies, and offers a critical evaluation of its strategy for reducing the United Kingdom's budget deficit.

Enabling general readers and voters to decide for themselves on the record of the first coalition government since 1945, this volume is an indispensable guide to the key debates which will shape the conduct of the 2015 general election.

Author Biography

Matt Beech is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Centre for British Politics at the University of Hull. His research interests are in the ideas, history and public policy of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties.

Simon Lee is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Centre for Political Economy at the University of Hull. His teaching and research interests lie primarily in the field of political economy, with a particular focus upon globalisation, governance and national economic performance, and the politics and political economy of England.

Table of Contents

1. A Temporary Partnership: The Politics and Ideology of the Coalition; Matt Beech
2. The Political Economy of the Coalition; Simon Lee
3. Education Policy: From Free Schools to Tuition Fees; Simon Griffiths
4. Health Policy: The Return of the Internal Market; Robert Page
5. Welfare Policy: Britain as 'Big Society'; Stephen Driver
6. Environment and Transport Policy: A Green Government?; James Connelly
7. Crime and Policing Policy: Cuts, Corruption and Criminality; John Benyon
8. Housing and Planning Policy; Rajiv Prabhakar
9. Justice and Civil Liberties: From Secret Courts to Gay Marriage?; Mark Stuart
10. Constitutional Reform: The Coalition in Conflict; Philip Norton
11. The Coalition's impact on England; Simon Lee
12. The Coalition's impact on Scotland; Mark Shephard
13. The Coalition's impact on Northern Ireland and Wales; Arthur Aughey
14. Defence Policy: A Shrinking Global Role?; Christopher Martin
15. Foreign Policy and International Development: From Realism to Idealism; Rhiannon Vickers
16. The Coalition and the EU: Competing Visions of Partnership; Philip Lynch
17. A Transformative Government?; Matt Beech