The English ConstitutionOUP Oxford, 2001 M02 8 - 256 páginas 'An ancient and ever-altering constitution is like an old man who still wears with attached fondness clothes in the fashion of his youth: what you see of him is the same; what you do not see is wholly altered.' Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution (1867) is the best account of the history and working of the British political system ever written. As arguments raged in mid-Victorian Britain about giving the working man the vote, and democracies overseas were pitched into despotism and civil war, Bagehot took a long, cool look at the 'dignified' and 'efficient' elements which made the English system the envy of the world. His analysis of the monarchy, the role of the prime minister and cabinet, and comparisons with the American presidential system are astute and timeless, and pertinent to current discussions surrounding devolution and electoral reform. Combining the wit and panache of a journalist with the wisdom of a man of letters steeped in evolutionary ideas and historical knowledge, Bagehot produced a book which is always thoughtful, often funny, and seldom dull. This edition reproduces Bagehot's original 1867 work in full, and introduces the reader to the dramatic political events that surrounded its publication. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
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... Whig, a space he shared with men such as Robert Lowe, George Cornewall Lewis, and the 3rd Earl Grey, all three particular heroes of Bagehot, and all three eventually his good friends as well. These men had all found their theoretical ...
... Whig, a space he shared with men such as Robert Lowe, George Cornewall Lewis, and the 3rd Earl Grey, all three particular heroes of Bagehot, and all three eventually his good friends as well. These men had all found their theoretical ...
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... Whig and liberal commentators in the 1850s and 1860s, namely, which political institutions were best adapted for a rapidly changing world. One answer to that question lay, for Bagehot, in the fate of governments outside Britain. France ...
... Whig and liberal commentators in the 1850s and 1860s, namely, which political institutions were best adapted for a rapidly changing world. One answer to that question lay, for Bagehot, in the fate of governments outside Britain. France ...
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... Whig luminaries, Sir James Mackintosh and Lord John Russell. In true Whig style it rewarded civilization and progress where it had developed, and attempted to neutralize barbarism where it still lingered. Bagehot's 1859 pamphlet was ...
... Whig luminaries, Sir James Mackintosh and Lord John Russell. In true Whig style it rewarded civilization and progress where it had developed, and attempted to neutralize barbarism where it still lingered. Bagehot's 1859 pamphlet was ...
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... Whig Lord Chancellor, whose political philosophy he found pompous and whose political achievements he wrote off as those of a soap-box orator.15 In inveighing against the 'literary theory' of the constitution Bagehot may have had in ...
... Whig Lord Chancellor, whose political philosophy he found pompous and whose political achievements he wrote off as those of a soap-box orator.15 In inveighing against the 'literary theory' of the constitution Bagehot may have had in ...
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... Whig colleague, Lord John Russell, Essay on the History of the English Government, was reissued in 1865; and alongside Bagehot's book in 1867 were published two minor classics on the constitution: William Hearn's The Government of ...
... Whig colleague, Lord John Russell, Essay on the History of the English Government, was reissued in 1865; and alongside Bagehot's book in 1867 were published two minor classics on the constitution: William Hearn's The Government of ...
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