Parliamentarism

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-46885-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 121, 267 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 393 g

Reihe: Ideas in Context

Offering novel interpretations of canonical liberal authors, including Burke, Constant, and Mill, this history of liberal political ideas suggests a new paradigm for interpreting the development of modern political thought, inspiring fresh perspectives on historical issues from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Selinger, William

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Liberalismus, Libertarismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The eighteenth-century House of Commons; 2. Edmund Burke's theory of parliamentary politics; 3. The French Revolution and the liberal parliamentary turn; 4. Reinventing parliamentarism: the significance of Benjamin Constant; 5. Democracy in America, parliamentarism in France: Tocqueville's unconventional parliamentary liberalism; 6. John Stuart Mill and the Victorian theory of Parliament; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Selinger, William
William Selinger is Lecturer in European History, 1700–1850 at University College London. He is a historian of political thought whose work has focused on the development of modern theories of democracy, representative government, and the state. His articles have appeared in a variety of political theory and intellectual history journals. Prior to publication, this book was awarded the Annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Award, 2017.