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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... course of time. Bagehot himself suggested as much in his introduction to the second edition of The English Constitution published in 1872, five years into the working of the new electoral system ushered in by the second Reform Act. He ...
... course of time. Bagehot himself suggested as much in his introduction to the second edition of The English Constitution published in 1872, five years into the working of the new electoral system ushered in by the second Reform Act. He ...
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... course, Bagehot cannot have meant that MPs directly elected the Prime Minister and his cabinet, for they did not then and have never done since. But anyone familiar with the party politics of the 1850s, when successive administrations ...
... course, Bagehot cannot have meant that MPs directly elected the Prime Minister and his cabinet, for they did not then and have never done since. But anyone familiar with the party politics of the 1850s, when successive administrations ...
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... course, the opening lines of his own book cite Mill in an apparently tongue-in-cheek manner. But Mill's work treats of representative government in general and does not have a great deal to say in a descriptive sense on the English case ...
... course, the opening lines of his own book cite Mill in an apparently tongue-in-cheek manner. But Mill's work treats of representative government in general and does not have a great deal to say in a descriptive sense on the English case ...
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... social reform. But of course Bagehot was not preoccupied with any of these developments when he first wrote down. 17 Bagehot, 'The Unseen Work of Parliament', Economist, 9 Feb. 1861, in Collected Works, vi. 46. xxiv Introduction.
... social reform. But of course Bagehot was not preoccupied with any of these developments when he first wrote down. 17 Bagehot, 'The Unseen Work of Parliament', Economist, 9 Feb. 1861, in Collected Works, vi. 46. xxiv Introduction.
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... course the essence of modern British government, but cabinet government depending on the confidence and support of the whole of the House of Commons no longer exists, indeed it is questionable whether it ever existed in quite the way ...
... course the essence of modern British government, but cabinet government depending on the confidence and support of the whole of the House of Commons no longer exists, indeed it is questionable whether it ever existed in quite the way ...
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