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This text responds to the political and policy changes made by the Coalition government up to the 2015 general election providing a reflection across the social policies of this government. It reflects on the first 100 days of the new UK Conservative government and considers the implications of decisions made in that period. In doing so it provides a timely assessment of the extent of change in social policies and the wider environment under the Coalition government in part, but by no means limited to, the impact of 'austerity.' It therefore provides a consideration of the major influences on policy under the Coalition.

Political parties --- Coalition governments --- Great Britain. --- Elections, 2010. --- Great Britain --- Politics and government --- Cabinet system --- Coalitions --- House of Commons (Great Britain) --- England and Wales.

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The notion of 'representative democracy' seems unquestionably familiar today, but how did the Victorian era - the epoch when the modern democratic state was made - understand democracy, parliamentary representation, and diversity? In the famous nineteenth-century debates about representation and parliamentary reform, two interlocked ideals were of the greatest importance: descriptive representation, that the House of Commons 'mirror' the diversity that marked society, and deliberation within the legislative assembly. These ideals presented a major obstacle to the acceptance of a democratic suffrage, which it was widely feared would produce an unrepresentative and un-deliberative House of Commons. Here, Gregory Conti examines how the Victorians conceived the representative and deliberative functions of the House of Commons and what it meant for parliament to be the 'mirror of the nation'. Combining historical analysis and political theory, he analyses the fascinating nineteenth-century debates among contending schools of thought over the norms and institutions of deliberative representative government, and explores the consequences of recovering this debate.

Representative government and representation --- Proportional representation --- Democracy --- Political culture --- Culture --- Political science --- Self-government --- Equality --- Republics --- Cumulative voting --- Representation, Proportional --- Voting, Cumulative --- Constitutional law --- Elections --- Parliamentary government --- Political representation --- Representation --- Constitutional history --- Suffrage --- History --- Great Britain. --- House of Commons (Great Britain) --- England and Wales. --- Great Britain --- Politics and government

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This volume addresses an important aspect of Brexit that has been ever-present in public debates, but has so far not received corresponding attention by academic scholars, namely the role of parliaments and citizens in this process. To address this gap, this book brings together an international group of authors who provide a comprehensive and multidisciplinary treatment of this subject. Specifically, the contributors, scholars from the UK and across Europe, provide diverse accounts of the role of regional, national and European parliaments and citizens from the perspectives of Law, Political Science and European Studies. The book is structured in three parts focused on developments, respectively, in the UK, in the parliaments of the EU27, and at the EU level. Beyond providing a comprehensive examination of the scrutiny of Brexit, the book utilises the insights gained from this experience for a study of executive-legislative relations in the European Union more generally, examining the balance, or lack thereof, between governments and parliaments. In this way, the book also speaks to some of the long-lasting, indeed perennial questions about the effects of constitutional provisions and political practice in the context of European democracy. Thomas Christiansen holds a Chair in European Institutional Politics at Maastricht University, the Netherlands and is Co-Director of the Centre for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM). He is Executive Editor (with Simon Duke) of the Journal of European Integration and has published widely on the politics of the European Union. Diane Fromage is Assistant Professor of European Law at Maastricht University, the Netherlands and Research Coordinator at the Centre for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM). Her research mainly focuses on parliaments in the European Union, fiscal councils and the European Central Bank.

Great Britain. --- House of Commons (Great Britain) --- England and Wales. --- Public policy. --- European Union. --- Democracy. --- Great Britain-Politics and gover. --- Comparative politics. --- Legislative bodies. --- Public Policy. --- European Union Politics. --- British Politics. --- Comparative Politics. --- Legislative and Executive Politics. --- Bicameralism --- Legislatures --- Parliaments --- Unicameral legislatures --- Constitutional law --- Estates (Social orders) --- Representative government and representation --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Political science --- Self-government --- Equality --- Republics --- Great Britain—Politics and government. --- Legislative bodies --- Great Britain

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This book both synthesises and advances our present knowledge of field systems in the British Isles. An introduction by the editors outlines the sources and methods of studies of field systems. There then follow twelve chapters concerned with specific areas within the British Isles. The paperback edition will make the book widely available to geographers, historical geographers and economic historians, among whom it is now regarded as a classic.

Land tenure --- Commons --- Agriculture --- History --- -Agriculture --- -Commons --- -Land tenure --- -Agrarian tenure --- Feudal tenure --- Freehold --- Land ownership --- Land question --- Landownership --- Tenure of land --- Land use, Rural --- Real property --- Land, Nationalization of --- Landowners --- Serfdom --- Common lands --- Communal land --- Communal lands --- Public lands --- Marks (Medieval land tenure) --- Natural resources, Communal --- Village communities --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Law and legislation --- Geografie --- History. --- Landschapskunde --- Historische geografie --- Groot-Brittanië. --- -History --- Land tenure - Great Britain - History --- Land tenure - Ireland - History --- Commons - Great Britain - History --- Commons - Ireland - History --- Agriculture - Great Britain - History --- Agriculture - Ireland - History --- Iles britanniques --- Systeme agraire

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The British General Election of 2015 is a must-read for anyone wanting to know how the action unfolded in the most unpredictable election for a generation. Drawing on hundreds of confidential interviews with all the key players, it offers a compelling insider's guide to the election's background, campaign, and the results which led to the formation of the first majority Conservative government in eighteen years. Designed to appeal to everyone from Westminster insiders, politics students and the wider general public, this is the authoritative account of the 2015 election. Continuing a proud Palgrave Macmillan tradition, The British General Election of 2015 is the 19th edition and celebrates the 70th year of this prestigious series.

Elections. --- Great Britain. --- Elections, 2015. --- Electoral politics --- Franchise --- Polls --- House of Commons (Great Britain) --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Plebiscite --- Political campaigns --- Representative government and representation --- England and Wales. --- Great Britain-Politics and gover. --- Great Britain-History. --- Democracy. --- World politics. --- British Politics. --- Electoral Politics. --- History of Britain and Ireland. --- Political History. --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- World history --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- International relations --- Self-government --- Equality --- Republics --- Great Britain—Politics and government. --- Great Britain—History. --- Great Britain --- Politics and government --- 英國.