The Rhetoric and Policies of the Cameron-Clegg Government: Constructing Conflict and Co-Operation
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Rhetoric of Coalition Bargaining -- Dialogue, Rhetoric and Identification -- Ideological Identification and Division -- Instrumental Identification and Division -- Interpersonal Identification and Division -- The Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: The Formation of the Coalition -- Higher Education -- Constitutional Reform -- Europe -- Foreign Policy -- The Coalition's Narrative of Unity -- Ideological Identification and Shared Values -- Instrumental Identification and the 'National Interest' -- Identification Through Antithesis: The Storyline of the Deficit -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Higher Education Policy -- The Browne Report and the Coalition's Response -- The Parliamentary Debate on Higher Education Funding, 2010 -- Cable and Willetts Address the University Sector -- Clegg's Public Apology, September 2012 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Constitutional Reform -- The Debate on the PVSC Bill, 2010 -- Inter-Party Division and the 2011 AV Referendum Campaign -- The Conflict Over House of Lords Reform, Summer 2012 -- The Commons Debate on the Amendment to the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill, 2013 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: The European Union -- Rhetoric, Narratives and Identification -- Inter-Party Identification: The Leaders -- Coalition MPs and the EU -- The European Union Bill 2010-11 -- The European Union (Referendum) Bill 2013-14 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Foreign Policy -- The Arab Spring and the Coalition Leadership's Case for Intervention in Libya -- The Commons Debate on UNSC Resolution 1973, 2011 -- Cameron and Clegg's Case for Action Against Syria in 2013 -- The Commons Debate on Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons, 2013 -- Conclusion -- References