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The Coalition Programme: A New Vision for Britain or Politics as Usual?
Author(s) -
TAYLORGOOBY PETER,
STOKER GERRY
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-923x.2011.02169.x
Subject(s) - restructuring , politics , coalition government , government (linguistics) , power (physics) , public administration , political science , public spending , political economy , sociology , law , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics
The Coalition programme includes restructuring public provision through reforms and cuts which will take public spending in the Britain below that in the US. This article explores whether the Coalition agenda is best understood as a new approach to Britain's deep‐seated economic short‐comings or simply as the normal politics of gaining and retaining power. It analyses the current government's programme, identifies the common features across the range of policies and discusses how they are likely to develop as they encounter set‐backs.