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Examines the debates and developments about House of Lords reform since 1911, and notes that disagreements have occurred within, as well as between, the main political parties and governments throughout this time. It draws attention to how various proposals for reform have raised a wider range constitutional and political problems.
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PETER DOREY Reader in British Politics at Cardiff University, UK. He has published widely on various aspects of post-1945 British politics and public policy. His previous books include The Labour Party and Constitutional Reform (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) The Conservative Party and the Trade Unions, Policy Making in Britain: an Introduction, The Labour Governments, 1964-1970 and Wage Politics in Britain.
ALEXANDRA KELSO Lecturer in Politics at the University of Southampton, UK. She is author of Parliamentary Reform at Westminster, of chapters in The Oxford Handbook of British Politics and Developments in British Politics 9 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), and is the principal investigator on an ESRC-funded research project running between 2010-2012 examining the House of Commons select committee system.
ALEXANDRA KELSO Lecturer in Politics at the University of Southampton, UK. She is author of Parliamentary Reform at Westminster, of chapters in The Oxford Handbook of British Politics and Developments in British Politics 9 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), and is the principal investigator on an ESRC-funded research project running between 2010-2012 examining the House of Commons select committee system.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: House of Lords Reform Since 1911
Book Subtitle: Must the Lords Go?
Authors: Peter Dorey, Alexandra Kelso
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306929
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-27166-1Published: 05 April 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-32271-8Published: 01 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-30692-9Published: 05 April 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 243
Topics: British Politics, Political History, Political Science, US Politics