The crucial moment in the global triumph of majority rule was its embrace by the elected assemblies of early modern Britain and its empire. This expansive history charts the emergence of majority voting as a global standard for decision-making in popular assemblies, in the age of the English, Glorious, and American Revolutions.
The crucial moment in the global triumph of majority rule was its embrace by the elected assemblies of early modern Britain and its empire. This expansive history charts the emergence of majority voting as a global standard for decision-making in popular assemblies, in the age of the English, Glorious, and American Revolutions.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
William J. Bulman is Associate Professor of History and Global Studies in the Department of History at Lehigh University. His articles on the intellectual, religious, political, and cultural history of England and its empire have appeared in Past and Present, Historical Journal, and The Journal of British Studies. His previous publications include Anglican Enlightenment (2015) and, as co-editor with Robert G. Ingram, God in the Enlightenment (2016).
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction; 2. Consensus in the Commons, 1547 1642; 3. Consensus imperiled, 1640 1641; 4. Consensus destroyed, 1641 1643; 5. Revolutionary decisions, 1643 1660; 6. The majority institutionalized, 1660 1800; 7. Little parliaments in the Atlantic Colonies, 1613 1789; 8. Conclusion.