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The Coalition Effect, 2010–2015 Paperback – 19 Mar 2015

by Anthony Seldon (Author)
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  • Paperback: 644 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press (19 Mar. 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1107440181
  • ISBN-13: 978-1107440180
  • Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 3 x 22.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 491,431 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'An absorbing, rich and indispensable book for all who seek a dispassionate assessment of the achievements and failures of the coalition government.' Sir Ivor Crewe, Master of University College, Oxford

'A collection of superb insights by first-class writers that everybody interested in this coalition - and others that may follow it - should read.' Matthew d'Ancona, author of In It Together, and Guardian columnist

'Anyone interested in the coalition and what it has meant for Britain ought to read this considered, insightful and comprehensive assessment.' Andrew Rawnsley, author of Servants of the People and The End of the Party

'Everyone has an opinion about the coalition government; here, as much as is possible, are the facts.' New Statesman

'A hefty volume of 23 essays by a distinguished range of experts on many aspects of the past five years of coalition government.' Financial Times

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The definitive account of the impact of the first coalition in British politics since the end of the Second World War from a team of distinguished experts. This book cuts through the claims and hype to deliver the truth about the historic impact and quality of this unique government.

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5.0 out of 5 starsthen I recommend the book to you
By Mr. I. N. Stannard on 26 April 2015
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Not a book to be read from cover to cover. Each Chapter is written by a different contributor and you tend to cherry pick depending on your own interests. However, the analysis is balanced - no evidence of bias - and if you are interested in politics, then I recommend the book to you.
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3.0 out of 5 starsA study of government and of the Tories rather than a study of coalition due to its oddly haphazard coverage of the Lib Dems
By Mark Pack TOP 1000 REVIEWER on 10 Aug. 2015
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The Coalition Effect comes with an impressive pedigree, both in terms of the authors and the contributors. It's a detailed, lengthy work with chapters structured around policy areas, providing for each a basic summary of key events as well as a rather varying level of analysis.

Depth is sacrificed for breadth at times and as a few authors take a very opinionated line it also means some mainstream interpretations of events get very little time of day in their chapters. More problematic, however, is that the book is less than the sum of its parts due to the decision to neglect three major areas of coalition.

First, the very fact that was a coalition. Why did Cameron offer one? Why did the Liberal Democrats abandon their previous opposition to one? Both questions get only very cursory treatment despite being central to the political shape of the 2010-15 Parliament.

Second, what difference did coalition as opposed to confidence and supply make? The question of economic stability is - as is standard - pretty much the only answer offered to that question, which is disappointing in a book so long and detailed. There's no discussion, for example, of the power (or not) that ministers have to make decisions outside of votes in Parliament. Did coalition give the Tories less power and the Lib Dems more because it means Lib Dem ministers making decisions day by day in government. Or were those sorts of decisions minor compared to what gets voted on in Parliament? How do the policy changes analysed in the book stack up when viewed through the prism of did/didn't require votes in Parliament to be won?

Third, and turning specifically to the Liberal Democrats, their impact on coalition gets often mentioned but in bizarrely haphazard ways.Read more ›
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By Leslie on 2 Sept. 2016
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By brian rowley on 20 April 2015
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well written
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