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Beech and Lee provide a definitive guide to the coalition's first year in office. Offering compelling insights into their policy agenda, its chances of success, and a thought-provoking analysis of how the coalition government will affect the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour long-term.

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'a timely rain-check on the government's progress. The coalition may well have a lot longer to run but its first year has certainly been action packed and students of British politics will find much to chew over in this volume.' - Steve Coulter, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science '...a thoughtful comprehensive summary of the challenges Britain faces...not to be missed... City A.M 'Simon Lee and Matt Beech's edited volume makes a significant and timely contribution to the debate surrounding the Conservative-Liberal Democrat government.' Judi Atkins, Parliamentary Brief Highlighted as a 'best read for the summer break'. Total Politics

'a timely rain-check on the government's progress. The coalition may well have a lot longer to run but its first year has certainly been action packed and students of British politics will find much to chew over in this volume.' - Steve Coulter, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science

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ARTHUR AUGHEY, Professor of Politics at the School of Criminology, Politics and Social Policy, University of Ulster, and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for British Politics, University of Hull, UK TIM BALE, Professor of Politics at the Department of Politics and Contemporary European Studies, University of Sussex, UK MATT BEECH, Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Centre for British Politics at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK JOHN BENYON, Professor and Director of Research at the Institute of Lifelong Learning, Leicester University, UK JAMES CONNELLY, Professor of Politics at the University of Hull, UK STEPHEN DRIVER, Principal Lecturer and Head of Social Sciences at Roehampton University, UK SIMON GRIFFITHS, Lecturer in Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK KEVIN HICKSON, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Politics, University of Liverpool, UK SIMON LEE, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Centre for Democratic Governance at the University of Hull, UK PHILIP LYNCH, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester, UK CHRIS MARTIN, Lecturer and Deputy Director of the Centre for Security Studies at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK PHILIP NORTON [Lord Norton of Louth], Professor of Government and Director of the Centre for Legislative Studies at the University of Hull, UK ROBERT M PAGE, Reader in Democratic Socialism and Social Policy at the Institute of Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham, UK RAJIV PRABHAKAR, Teaching Fellow in Public Policy Economics and Analysis at the School of Public Policy, University College London, UK THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR MALCOLM RIFKIND, Member of Parliament for Kensington EMMA SANDERSON-NASH, Associate Tutor in Politics and Contemporary European Studies at the School of Law, Politics and Sociology at Sussex University, UK MARK STUART Politics Lecturer at Nottingham and Hull Universities, UK RHIANNON VICKERS, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK

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