I don't Agree with Nick: Retrodicting the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition

Political Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-250

  Bale, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cameron; Clegg; Coalition government; Conservative party; D. W. D. (b. 1966); Liberal Democrats; N. W. P. (b. 1967); United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959305494     PISSN: 00323179     EISSN: 1467923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-923X.2011.02187.x     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Overseas readers unfamiliar with the man in question can find out about him at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Robinson
2. T. Bale, 'If not Clameron or Clown, how about the Spanish option?', guardian.co.uk, 8 May 2010.
3. N. Robinson, 'How the Coalition government was formed', Daily Telegraph, 29 July 2010.
4. See, for example, D. Laws, 22 Days in May, London, Biteback, 2010
5. R. Wilson, 5 Days to Power, London: Biteback, 2010.
6. The literature is massive. The most accessible short introduction probably remains, L. de Winter, 'Parties and government formation, portfolio allocation and policy definition',
7. K. R. Luther and F. Müller-Rommel, eds, Political Parties in the New Europe: Political and Analytical Challenges, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 171-206.
8. One should then progress onto W. C. Mu ller and K. Strøm, eds., Coalition Governments in Western Europe, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2003
9. W. C. Müller, K. Strøm and T. Bergman, eds, Cabinets and Coalition Bargaining: The Democratic Life-cycle in Western Europe, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008.
10. See also L. W. Martin and R. J. Stevenson, 'Government formation in parliamentary democracies', American Journal of Political Science, vol. 45, no. 1, 2001, pp. 33-50.
11. Anyone interested in the history of coalition government in the United Kingdom should consult M. Oaten, Coalition: The Politics and Personalities of Coalition Government from 1850, London, Harriman House, 2007.
12. See M. Gallagher, P. Mair and M. Laver, Representative Government in Modern Europe, London, McGraw-Hill, 2005.
13. T. Bale and D. Caramani, 'Political data in 2009', European Journal of Political Research, vol. 49, nos 7-8, 2010, pp. 855-67.
14. See T. Bale and T. Bergman, 'Captives no longer, but servants still? Contract parliamentarism and the new minority governance in Sweden and New Zealand', Government and Opposition, vol. 41, no. 3, 2006, pp. 422-49.
15. Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell visited New Zealand before the election (see http://network.civilservicelive.com/pg/ pages/view/367305/).
16. Those involved would also have seen B. Yong, 'New Zealand's experience of multi-party governance', in R. Hazell and A. Paun, eds, Making Minority Government Work, London, Institute for Government/Constitution Unit, 2010, pp. 38-53.
17. Wilson, 5 Days to Power, pp. 120, 136-7, 139, 152, 170, 228, 234-8, 252, 292.
18. T. Bale, 'A Lib Dem-Tory deal won't work', guardian.co.uk, 3 May 2010.
19. E. Evans and E. Sanderson- Nash, 'Sandals to suits: professionalization, coalition and the Liberal Democrats', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, forthcoming.