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Patterns of democracy: Coalition governance and majoritarian modification in the United Kingdom, 2010–2015
The UK is often regarded as the archetype of Westminster democracy and as the empirical
antithesis of the power-sharing coalitions of Western Europe. Yet, in recent years a different
account has emerged that focuses on the subtler institutional dynamics which limit the
executive. It is to this body of scholarship that this article responds, locating the recent
chapter of coalition government within the wider context of the UK’s democratic evolution.
To do so, the article draws Lijphart’s two-dimensional typology of democracies, developing a
refined framework that enables systematic comparison over time. The article demonstrates
that between over the course of the 2010-15 Parliament, the UK underwent another period of
majoritarian modification, driven by factors including the long-term influence of the
constitutional forces unleashed under Labour and the short-term impact of coalition
management. The article makes several important contributions, salient in the UK and
beyond. Theoretically, it offers a critical rejoinder to debates regarding the relationship
between institutional design and democratic performance. Methodologically, it demonstrates
that the tools of large-scale comparison can be effectively scaled-down to facilitate withincase
analysis. Empirically, it provides a series of conclusions regarding the tenability of the
UK’s extant democratic architecture under the weight of pressures to which it continues to be
subject
The ALICE Transition Radiation Detector: Construction, operation, and performance
The Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) was designed and built to enhance the capabilities of the ALICE detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). While aimed at providing electron identification and triggering, the TRD also contributes significantly to the track reconstruction and calibration in the central barrel of ALICE. In this paper the design, construction, operation, and performance of this detector are discussed. A pion rejection factor of up to 410 is achieved at a momentum of 1 GeV/c in p-Pb collisions and the resolution at high transverse momentum improves by about 40% when including the TRD information in track reconstruction. The triggering capability is demonstrated both for jet, light nuclei, and electron selection. (c) 2017 CERN for the benefit of the Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V
On the Relationship Between QoS & QoE: Why Differential Traffic Management on the Internet Is Not a Zero-Sum Practice
If Skilling Can't Get a Change of Venue, Who Can? Salvaging Common Law Implied Bias Principles from the Wreckage of the Constitutional Pretrial Publicity Standard
Intolerance in the Name of Tolerance: Will the United States Supreme Court’s Circular Reasoning in its Decision of Christian Legal Society v. Martinez be the Downfall of Student Organizations as We Know Them?
Accountable Altruism: The Impact of the Federal Material Support Statute on Humanitarian Aid
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