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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... mind and the unconscious. Although scientists, none of these men was slow in coming forward to apply the fruits of their researches to history and to contemporary events. From Bristol Bagehot went up to study at University College ...
... mind and the unconscious. Although scientists, none of these men was slow in coming forward to apply the fruits of their researches to history and to contemporary events. From Bristol Bagehot went up to study at University College ...
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... mind at mid-century as well. Completing his legal studies in 1851, Bagehot left London to spend a few months in Paris. He caught the tail-end of the republican government, and witnessed Louis Napoleon's coup d'état in December and his ...
... mind at mid-century as well. Completing his legal studies in 1851, Bagehot left London to spend a few months in Paris. He caught the tail-end of the republican government, and witnessed Louis Napoleon's coup d'état in December and his ...
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... mind the loose and rather coarse simplicity of Brougham. But for the most part his attack on orthodoxy is an exaggerated sense of special pleading, a device to highlight his argument. For constitutional writing had moved on considerably ...
... mind the loose and rather coarse simplicity of Brougham. But for the most part his attack on orthodoxy is an exaggerated sense of special pleading, a device to highlight his argument. For constitutional writing had moved on considerably ...
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... minds away from the workings of government. The fiction of monarchical power was a useful fiction, for it enabled poor people to associate the political system with a remote though intelligible figure to whom they could never have ...
... minds away from the workings of government. The fiction of monarchical power was a useful fiction, for it enabled poor people to associate the political system with a remote though intelligible figure to whom they could never have ...
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... mind in the mid-1860s. Footnotes to the text, cued by number, are Bagehot's own; editorial notes are cued by asterisk and appear at the end of the text. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY Editions Earl Balfour, 'Introduction' to Balfour (ed.), Walter ...
... mind in the mid-1860s. Footnotes to the text, cued by number, are Bagehot's own; editorial notes are cued by asterisk and appear at the end of the text. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY Editions Earl Balfour, 'Introduction' to Balfour (ed.), Walter ...
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