House of Lords Reform Since 1911: Must the Lords Go?

Author:   P. Dorey ,  A. Kelso
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9780230271661


Pages:   243
Publication Date:   05 April 2011
Format:   Hardback
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House of Lords Reform Since 1911: Must the Lords Go?


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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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Author:   P. Dorey ,  A. Kelso
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.534kg
ISBN:  

9780230271661


ISBN 10:   0230271669
Pages:   243
Publication Date:   05 April 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction Firing the First Shots: The 1911 Parliament Act and Inter-War Initiatives Labour Learns the Complexities of Lords Reform: The 1949 Parliament Act Pouring New Wine into the Old Bottle: The 1958 Life Peerages Act A Right of Renunciation: The 1963 Peerage Act Crossman Can't Convince his Colleagues: The 1969 Parliament (No.2) Bill 202 Out With the Hereditary Peers – or most of them: The 1999 House of Lords Act and Beyond Conclusion: A Constant Constitutional Conundrum

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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.

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