Publications
In the balance:
coalition and minority government in Britain and abroad
| Editors: | Mark Bell |
| Chapters by: | Peter Lynch, John Osmond, and Martin Lodge and Kai Wegrich. |
| Date of Publication: | September 2006 |
| ISBN: | 1 902622 68 5 |
The rise of multi-party politics in Britain makes a hung parliament at Westminster more likely than at any point in the last 25 years. Modern British politics has rarely had to cope with non-majority government and there is little agreement on what its political or institutional implications would be.
In the balance: coalition and minority government in Britain and abroad analyses how minority and coalition governments have worked in Scotland, Wales and Germany, and suggests what might happen at Westminster in the event of a hung parliament.
Media coverage:
'In the balance?' at openDemocracy.net
Review at Unlock Democracy
Spectator: Sir Menzies Campbell will either be sacked or will end up in the Cabinet
Prospect: Politics without a majority