Location: Institute for Government, 2 Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AA
Date: 29 Jun 2011 – 30 Jun 2011
Institution: UEA School of Political, Social and International Studies
The conference brings together leading practitioners and academics to discuss the questions posed by the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in a political system identified so closely with single-party government.
This conference took place on 29 and 30 June 2011
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The following presentations are now available to download:
The Coalition at One: The Coalition and the Media - Nick Anstead - London School of Economics and Political ScienceThe Parliamentary Parties - Philip Cowley, University of Nottingham
The Coalition's Parliamentary Parties - Ben Yong, University College London
Voters and Coalition Governments - Jeffrey Karp, University of Exeter
Venue: Institute for Government, 2 Carlton Gardens,
London SW1Y 5AA
Convenors: Hussein Kassim, UEA; Charles Clarke, UEA;
Andrew Adonis, IfG; Jon Davis, MEG
Organised by the School of Political, Social and International Studies, UEA, in partnership with the Institute for Government and the Mile End Group, Queen Mary, University of London
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The conference brought together leading practitioners and academics to discuss the questions posed by the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in a political system identified so closely with single-party government. Among the questions addressed were:
• the lessons from pre-1945 coalitions, the Lib-Lab pact, and devolved or subnational government;
• the formation of the coalition
• how the UK experience compares with coalition government elsewhere in Europe
• how the coalition has affected Westminster and Whitehall
• how do the grassroot membership view the coalition; and
• what are the attitudes towards the coalition in the media and public.
Speakers included:
Andrew Adonis, Institute for Government
Nick Anstead, LSE
Vernon Bogdanor, King's College London, and Brasenose College, Oxford
Adam Boulton, Sky News
Charles Clarke, UEA
Philip Cowley, University of Nottingham
David Cowling, BBC
Iain Dale, Journalist and Blogger
Stephen Greasley, UEA
David Hall-Matthews, University of Leeds
Chris Hanretty, UEA
Robert Hazell, UCL
Peter Hennessy, Queen Mary, University of London
Charlie Jeffery, University of Edinburgh
Hussein Kassim, UEA
Iain McLean, Nuffield College, Oxford
Lord McConnell, House of Lords
Thomas Otte, UEA
Emily Robinson, UEA
Nick Robinson, BBC
Peter Riddell, Institute for Government
Will Straw, IPPR and ‘Left Foot Forward’
Sir Robert Worcester, Ipsos MORI
Ben Yong, UCL
PLUS Alex Allan from the Cabinet Office
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