Why ‘hung’ parliaments and coalitions are normal in western Europe

Mitchell, Paul ORCID: 0000-0001-6893-0704 (2010) Why ‘hung’ parliaments and coalitions are normal in western Europe. British Politics and Policy at LSE (06 May 2010). Website.

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The British media, and Tory and Labour politicians, often treat a parliament with no overall majority for one party as something unusual or disastrous, a position taken to new extremes in a recent Conservative party election broadcast, or the Daily Mail front-page cartoon showing Britannia sleep-walking over a cliff face. Paul Mitchell of LSE’s Government Department looks more coolly at the coalition possibilities that may come into play once the results are known.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2010 The author
Divisions:	Government Methodology
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2011 14:21
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2024 05:53
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/39542

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