Documents on the Nineteenth Century United Kingdom Constitution

Volume I: Reform
Herausgeber: Blick, Andrew

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores constitutional reform, and in particular expansions in the franchise. It presents evidence covering the origins of these transitions and the subsequent development of demands for reform.The volume also presents evidence of the limits of change and the persistence of certain traditional aspects of the constitution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780367417628
• ISBN-10: 0367417626
• Artikelnr.: 69939010

Autorenporträt

Professor Andrew Blick is Head of the Department of Political Economy and Professor of Politics and Contemporary History at Kings College London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Volume I: Reform
General Introduction
Volume 1 Introduction
Part 1. 1776 - 1832
1. John Wilkes, 'Parliamentary Reform'
2. John Cartwright, Take Your Choice! Representation and Respect,
Imposition and Contempt
3. William Pitt, 'Reform of the Franchise'
4. William Pitt, 'Reform of the Franchise'
5. Thomas Spence, The Constitution of Spenconia,
6. Jeremy Bentham, Parliamentary Reform Catechism
7. William Cobbett, To the Journeymen of England, Wales, Scotland and
Ireland
8. Lord John Russell, 'Parliamentary Reform'
9. Sir Robert Peel MP, 'Parliamentary Reform'
10. Duke of Wellington, 'Parliamentary Reform'
11. Henry Hunt, 'Rights of Women'
12. Reform Act, 1832
Part 2. 1832 - 1884
13. Petition Agreed to at the Crown and Anchor meeting, 28 February 1837
14. George Grote, 'The Ballot'
15. Marion Reid, 'A Plea For Woman'
16. Benjamin Disraeli, 'Reform'
17. Edward Baines, 'Borough Franchise Bill'
18. William Gladstone, 'Borough Franchise Bill'
19. William Gladstone, 'Representation of the People Bill'
20. Mrs Bodichon Reasons for the Enfranchisement of Women
21. J. S. Mill, 'Suffrage'
22. Reform Act, 1867
23. George Eliot, '(Fictitious) Address to Working Men, by "Felix Holt"'
24. Thomas Hare, 'Machinery of Representation'
25. The Ballot Act, 1872
26. Millicent Fawcett, 'Women's Suffrage'
27. W. E. Gladstone, 'Representation of the People Amendment Bill'
28. Representation of the People Act 1884
Part 3. 1884-1928
29. Albert Venn Dicey, 'Ought the Referendum to be Introduced into
England?'
30. Mrs Pankhurst, 'The Importance of the Vote'
31. John Humphreys, 'A Study in Methods of Election'
32. Lord Balfour of Burleigh, 'Reference to the People Bill'
33. Earl of Crewe, 'Reference to the People Bill'
34. Violet Markham, 'Woman's Sphere'
35. Joseph Compton-Rickett, 'Representation of the People (Women) Bill'
36. Philip Snowden, 'Representation of the People (Women) Bill'
37. Conference on Electoral Reform, Letter from Mr. Speaker to the Prime
Minister
38. Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918
39. Representation of the People Act 1918
40. Sir William Joynson Hicks, 'Representation of the People (Equal
Franchise) Bill'
41. Brigadier-General Sir George Cockerill, 'Representation of the People
(Equal Franchise) Bill'
42. Ellen Wilkinson, 'Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Bill'
43. Margaret Bondfield, 'Representation of the People (Equal Franchise)
Bill'
44. Viscountess (Nancy) Astor, 'Representation of the People (Equal
Franchise) Bill'
45. Stanley Baldwin, 'Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Bill'
46. Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928, Polling
Districts and Places
47. Virginia Woolf, 'A Room of One's Own'
Index