Книга: Vernon Bogdanor «The Coalition and the Constitution»

The Coalition and the Constitution

Производитель: "Неизвестный"

`England`, Benjamin Disraeli famously said, `does not love coalitions`. But 2010 saw the first peace-time coalition in Britain since the 1930s. The coalition, moreover, may well not be an aberration. For there are signs that, with the rise in strength of third parties, hung parliaments are more likely to recur than in the past. Perhaps, therefore, the era of single-party majority government, to which we have become accustomed since 1945, is coming to an end. But is the British constitution equipped to deal with coalition? Are alterations in the procedures of parliament or government needed to cope with it? The inter-party agreement between the coalition partners proposes a wide ranging series of constitutional reforms, the most important of which are fixed-term parliaments and a referendum on the alternative vote electoral system, to be held in May 2011. The coalition is also proposing measures to reduce the size of the House of Commons, to directly elect the House of Lords and to... ISBN:1849461589

Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2011)

ISBN: 1849461589

Vernon Bogdanor

Vernon Bogdanor CBE, FBA (born 1943) is professor of government at Oxford University, England, and a Fellow of Brasenose College. He is one of Britain's foremost constitutional experts and has written extensively on political and constitutional issues. He is an advocate of constitutional reform including proportional representation, but supports the retention of the monarchy.

Career

Educated at Bishopshalt School, Professor Bogdanor gained his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (with congratulatory First Class honours) from The Queen's College, Oxford. He has been Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Brasenose College, Oxford, since 1966, where he has been Senior Tutor (1979-85 and 1996-97), Vice-Principal, and (in 2002-03) Acting Principal. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, an Honorary Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies, and in 1998 was awarded the CBE for contributions to constitutional history.

He has been a Member of Council of The Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government, Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities, Member of the Court of Essex University, Adviser (as a member of the Council of Europe and American Bar Association delegations) to the governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel and Slovakia on constitutional and electoral reform, Member of the Academic Panel of Local Authority Associations, Member of the The Hansard Society Commission on the Legislative Process, Member of the UK Government delegation on Democratic Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe and Conference on the Protection of Minorities, Consultant to Independent Television News (ITN) on the General Election, Member of the Economic and Social Research Council’s committee administering the 'Whitehall' programme, Special Adviser to the House of Commons Select Committee on the Public Services, Member of the Swedish Constitutional Reform Project, Member of the Advisory Group to the High Commissioner on National Minorities, Adviser to the President of Trinidad on the Constitution of Trinidad, and Member of the ESRC's committee administering the Devolution programme.

Professor Bogdanor is a frequent contributor to TV, radio and newspapers. In 2004 he gave public lectures as professor of law at Gresham College, London. He has published numerous books and articles. In 2003, he edited "The British Constitution in the 20th Century" (published by Oxford University Press to mark the centenary of the British Academy) and has two publications planned for 2004 and 2005: "The Governance of Britain" (Allen Lane/Penguin Books) and "Holistic Government" (Oxford University Press for the British Academy).

Professor Bogdanor is a signatory of the Henry Jackson Society, a think tank based in Cambridge. The society advocates a pro-active approach to the spread of liberal democracy throughout the world, including by military force where necessary.

Famous students

Professor Bogdanor's most famous former student is the current Conservative Party leader David Cameron whom he has described as "one of the ablest" students he has taught, whose political views were "moderate and sensible Conservative" [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4502656.stm] . Professor Bogdanor has, however, expressed reservations about certain policies of Cameron's, notably his proposal for a British "Bill of Rights", about which Bogdanor said, "I believe it's ill thought-out and confused ... He [Cameron] may have forgotten some of the things I've taught him. I'd be happy to give him a few more tutorials on civil liberties." [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/story/0,,1806784,00.html] .

Books

* "Constitutions in democratic politics"
* "Devolution in the United Kingdom"
* "Joined up government"
* "The monarchy and the constitution"
* "What is Proportional Representation?"
* "Power and the people: Guide to constitutional reform"

ee also

* list of Gresham Professors of Law

External links

* [http://www.gresham.ac.uk/text.asp?PageId=28 Gresham College - Professor Vernon Bogdanor]
* [http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/about/staff/staff.asp?action=show&person=87 Oxford University Staff Directory]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/monarchy/story/0,2763,407484,00.html "Guardian" op-ed by Bogdanor in defence of the monarchy]

Источник: Vernon Bogdanor

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