How Research can Influence Government: Some Thoughts from Thinktankland – A Response to Matthew Wood
In: Politics, Band 34, Heft 3, S. 295-300
ISSN: 1467-9256
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In: Politics, Band 34, Heft 3, S. 295-300
ISSN: 1467-9256
In: Politics, Band 34, Heft 3, S. 295-300
ISSN: 0263-3957
In: Commonwealth and comparative politics, Band 49, Heft 4, S. 440-456
ISSN: 1743-9094
In: Commonwealth & comparative politics, Band 49, Heft 4, S. 440-457
In: The political quarterly, Band 82, Heft 2, S. 251-260
ISSN: 1467-923X
Coalition government is an unfamiliar experience for Whitehall and Westminster. All actors are still adapting to the rules of this new political game. A number of governance challenges confront the United Kingdom's Conservative‐Liberal Democrat coalition. It must strike a balance between the visions of two distinct parties and blend these into a coherent strategy for government. Like any government, it will expect to resolve most differences internally and then to show a united face to the world. Effective consultation and dispute‐resolution processes within the executive will therefore be at a premium. But the separate political identities of the two parties also need to be preserved, and sufficient resources must be provided to each side within the government to enable this to happen. This article assesses the response of the coalition to these challenges in its first six months and draws lessons from relevant international experience.
In: The political quarterly: PQ, Band 82, Heft 2, S. 251-261
ISSN: 0032-3179
In: Proceedings of the British Academy 217
In: The political quarterly, Band 81, Heft 2, S. 213-227
ISSN: 1467-923X
The return of a hung parliament at the 2010 general election is a serious possibility. But due to Westminster's limited recent experience of parliaments under 'no overall control' there is little institutional memory in Whitehall or Westminster, and even less public understanding, of what the implications would be. This article sets out to analyse the principal challenges that would be faced by government, opposition, parliament and the media in the event of a hung parliament. Drawing on experience from Canada, New Zealand and Scotland, we discuss the difficulties that may arise during the immediate government formation process and in the course of making minority or multiparty governance work on an ongoing basis. We conclude that a hung parliament need not undermine political stability or effective governance, but that all actors would need to adapt their behaviour and should therefore prepare carefully for this eventuality.
In: The political quarterly: PQ, Band 81, Heft 2, S. 213-228
ISSN: 0032-3179