{"product_id":"cross-party-politics-in-britain-1945-2019-9780192873187","title":"Cross-Party Politics in Britain, 1945-2019","description":"British politics has long been conceived of as fundamentally a majoritarian, two-party game. The coalition government, and years of politicians working across party lines on Brexit, were both thought of as deviations from the norm. Yet since the Second World War, and the new party system that came with it, this kind of co-operation between parties has been mooted more often than folk memory would suggest. From Winston Churchill to Nick Clegg, Tony Blair to Nigel Farage, elite British politicians have privately and publicly toyed with the concept of co-operating with their competitors. \u003cem\u003eCross-Party Politics in Britain, 1945-2019\u003c\/em\u003e takes a historical-comparative look at seven such cases from the last 80 years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy retracing tales of failure as well as success, this book examines moments overlooked by historians of contemporary Britain, and most are examined through the lens of political science for the first time. Piecing together internal papers and memos from the archives as well as interviews with many of the key players, this book explores two questions. Why are politicians so often swimming against the tide when trying to co-operate with their competitors, even when it appears rational to do so? And, despite the challenges imposed by the Westminster Model, what is it that motivates those that try? The answers to these questions put recent developments in British politics in historical perspective, and provide clues as to what might happen when the idea of co-operation rears its head once again as the next general election approaches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Wager\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192873187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan Wager, \u003cem\u003eTeaching Associate, Queen Mary University of London\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr Alan Wager has taught British and European politics at Queen Mary University of London, King's College London, and the LSE, and held an Archival By-Fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge. As the UK worked through the politics of Brexit, he spent five years at the academic think tank UK in a Changing Europe. He now works in public insight for a major public policy not-for-profit organization and writes on British politics in the national media.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43646237671539,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":96.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_def835d4-a270-455a-b692-82b4236203fd.jpg?v=1755948413","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/cross-party-politics-in-britain-1945-2019-9780192873187","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}