The British tradition of minority government

This book gives a fresh perspective on minority governance using declassified files which challenge some of the myths surrounding the minority administrations in the 1970s, and reveals a British tradition of minority government which goes beyond that of other countries.

1. Myths, methods and minorities
2. Myths about leaders: personalities and strategy-making
3. The birth of myths: alternatives to government formation
4. The myth of weakness: legislative management
5. The myth of coalition: the Lib-Lab Pact
6. The myth of exclusivity: informal interparty cooperation
7. The myth of binary choice: electoral timing
8. Myths and secret plans: future minority governments/coalitions
9. Dissolving myths: the day the Government fell
10. Rewriting political mythology in 2017
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Index