The Cameron—Clegg Government: Coalition Politics in an Age of Austerity

Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
The Centre for British Politics......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Notes on Contributors......Page 13
Part One. The Coalition in the Making......Page 18
1. ‘We Are All in This Together’: The Coalition Agenda for British Modernization......Page 20
2. What is the Legacy of New Labour?......Page 41
3. The Formation of the Coalition......Page 55
Part Two. Coalition Politics in Perspective......Page 74
4. No Plan B: The Coalition Agenda for Cutting the Deficit and Rebalancing the Economy......Page 76
5. The Con–Lib Agenda in Education: Learning the Hard Way?......Page 92
6. The Emerging Blue (and Orange) Health Strategy: Continuity or Change?......Page 106
7. Welfare Reform and Coalition Politics in the Age of Austerity......Page 122
8. Vote Blue, Go Green, What’s a Bit of Yellow in Between?......Page 135
9. The Con–Lib Agenda for Home Affairs......Page 151
10. The Con–Lib Agenda for the ‘New Politics’ and Constitutional Reform......Page 170
11. The Con–Lib Coalition Agenda for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland......Page 185
Part Three. Coalition Policies Abroad......Page 202
12. The Con–Lib Agenda for National Security and Strategy......Page 204
13. The Con−Lib Agenda for Foreign Policy and International Development......Page 220
14. The Con–Lib Agenda for Europe......Page 235
Part Four. A Coalition Built to Last?......Page 252
15. A Leap of Faith and a Leap in the Dark: The Impact of Coalition on the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats......Page 254
16. The End of New Labour? The Future for the Labour Party......Page 268
17. A Tale of Two Liberalisms......Page 284
Index......Page 298