Parliamentarism: From Burke to Weber

ISBN-13: 9781108468855 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 267 str.

William Selinger

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'Selinger's book is not only a fresh reading of intellectual history intended for professional historians but also a call to rethink our current visions of the so-called liberal democracies in the light of the parliamentary tradition.' Ján Tomaštík and Jan Holzer, International Journal of Parliamentary Studies

Spis treści

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.