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The Lib-Lab Pact A Parliamentary Agreement, 1977-78
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- Summary
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Using archival sources and interviews with key participants, new insight is gained to how the Lib-Lab Pact of 1977-78 - an agreement, short of a full coalition - came about, was structured and impl...
Using archival sources and interviews with key participants, new insight is gained to how the Lib-Lab Pact of 1977-78 - an agreement, short of a full coalition - came about, was structured and implemented, and how Liberal leader, David Steel, might have achieved significant policy concessions on electoral reform.
Details
- Creator
- by Jonathan Kirkup
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed. 2016
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (268 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781137527691, 1137527692, 1349576328, 1137527684
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Cross-party co-operation in British politics, 1945-1977 -- Build up to the Lib-Lab Pact, 1974-1977 -- Cross-party discussions, 17 March-20 March 1977 -- Lib-Lab discussions, 17 March-23 March 1977 -- Cabinet discussions on the Lib-Lab agreement -- The Lib-Lab consultative mechanism -- Liberal Party reaction to the Lib-Lab pact -- Policy implications of the first phase of the pact -- The renewal of the Lib-Lab agreement -- The second period of the Lib-Lab Pact, July 1977-September 1977 -- Final phase of the Lib-Lab Pact, October 1977-August 1978