Vernon Bogdanor was, until 2010, Professor of Government at Oxford University. He is now a Research Professor at King's College, London, Gresham Professor of Law, a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

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List of tables
Acknowledgements
Notes on sources
Introduction
Part I. Multi-party Politics: 1. The two-party system and its challengers
2. The Social Democratic Party and the Alliance
3. Multi-party politics and the electorate
4. Multi-party politics and the future
Part II. The Constitutional Consequences: 5. Forming a government: the lessons of history
6. Forming a government: the rules of the game
7. Minority government
8. Coalition government
Conclusion
Appendix: Coalition and minority governments in Britain since 1895
Bibliographical note
Index.

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