British Party Politics, 1852-1886

ISBN-13: 9780333570814 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 344 str.

Angus Hawkins

Opis

Between 1852 and 1886 British politics moved from a system of 'parliamentary government' towards a two party system. This book looks at why and how this change happened and analyses the long-term implications it had for British politics.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Parliamentary Government and mid-Victorian Parties: 1852 1859.- Palmerston and Liberalism: 1859-1865.- 'A Leap in the Dark': 1865 1868.- Gladstone and Liberalism: 1868-1874.- Disraeli and Conservatism: 1874-1880.- The Crisis of Liberalism: 1880-1886.- The Demise of Parliamentary Government and the Two Party System.

O autorze

ANGUS HAWKINS is Director of International Programmes and Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford.