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Saunders, Robert, 1978-

Democracy and the vote in British politics, 1848-1867 : the making of the second Reform Act / Robert Saunders. - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011. - 1 online resource (viii, 302 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-291) and index.

Introduction : Democracy and the vote in British politics -- Reform and revolution, 1848-1852 -- Peelites, protectionists and popular Toryism -- The coalition and the Crimea, 1852-1855 -- Grasping the nettle : the reform bills of 1859 and 1860 -- Democracy in practice : France and America -- "The liberal dilemma" -- The liberal collapse -- The accidental revolution : the making of the second Reform Act -- Epilogue : "Toryism on a national foundation."

The Second Reform Act, passed in 1867, created a million new voters, doubling the electorate and propelling the British state into the age of mass politics. This study provides the first analysis of the subject from the demise of Chartism to the passage o.


English.

ISBN: 9781409417958 (electronic bk.) 1409417956 (electronic bk.) 1317153162 9781317153160 1317153154 9781317153153 1282963406 9781282963405 9786612963407 6612963409

Standard No.: 9786612963407

Source: 296340 MIL

LCCN:

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Great Britain. Reform Act (1867)
Great Britain. Parliament --Elections.
Great Britain. Parliament.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Reform Act (Great Britain : 1867)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Election law--History.--Great Britain
Representative government and representation--History.--Great Britain
Suffrage--History.--Great Britain
Voting--History.--Great Britain
Democracy--History.--Great Britain
Representative government and representation.
Gouvernement représentatif--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Suffrage--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Vote--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Gouvernement représentatif.
LAW--Constitutional.
LAW--Public.
Politics and Government.
Democracy.
Election law.
Elections.
Politics and government
Representative government and representation.
Suffrage.
Voting.
Demokrati--historia.--Storbritannien
Val (statsvetenskap)--historia.--Storbritannien
Kvinnlig rösträtt--historia.--Storbritannien

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Politics and government--History.
Grande-Bretagne--Politique et gouvernement--Histoire.
Great Britain.
Storbritannien--politik och förvaltning--historia.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: KD4329 / .S28 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 342.41/05