Otte / Readman By-elections in British Politics, 1832-1914

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-78204-121-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Explores the many issues surrounding by-elections in the period which saw the extension of the franchise, the introduction of the ballot, and the demise of most dual member constituencies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Otte, T.G.

Readman, Paul

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hawkins, Angus

Taylor, Antony

Hicks, Geoffrey

Pentland, Gordon

Packer, Ian

Rix, Kathryn

Blaxill, Luke

Roberts, Matthew

Readman, Paul

Salmon, Philip

O'Brien, Phillips Payson

Otte, T. G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - T. G. Otte and Paul Readman
'Plumping Contests': The Impact of By-elections on English Voting Behaviour, 1790-1868 - Philip Salmon
Government Appointment By-elections: 1832-86 - Angus Hawkins
'We should have had 1,000': The By-elections of the 1874 Parliament - Geoffrey Hicks
'The Glamour of Independence': By-elections and Radicalism during the Liberal Meridian, 1869-83 - Antony Taylor
'The Swing of the Pendulum at Home': By-elections and Foreign Policy, 1865-1914 - T. G. Otte
By-elections and the Modernisation of Party Organisation, 1867-1914 - Kathryn Rix
'A Terrific Outburst of Political Meteorology': By-elections and the Unionist Electoral Ascendancy in Late-Victorian England - Matthew Roberts
Land Reform and By-elections, 1885-1914: Do By-elections Matter? - Ian Packer
Edwardian By-elections - Paul Readman and Luke Blaxill
Lloyd George, Limehouse and the Realignment of British Politics: The Bermondsey By-election of 1909 - Phillips Payson O'Brien
By-elections and the Peculiarities of Scottish Politics, 1832-1900 - Gordon Pentland

Über Autor(innen)

Readman Paul:
Paul Readman is Professor of Modern British History at King's College London.Rix Kathryn:
Kathryn Rix is the Assistant Editor of the House of Commons, 1832-1945 project at the History of Parliament.Blaxill Luke:
LUKE BLAXILL gained his PhD in History and the Digital Humanities from Kings College, London, in 2012; he is currently College Lecturer in Modern British History at Hertford College, Oxford.Readman Paul:
Paul Readman is Professor of Modern British History at King's College London.Otte T. G.:
T.G. Otte is Professor of History at the University of East Anglia and author of nineteen books, including By-elections in British Politics, 1832-1914 (Boydell 2013) and Statesman of Europe: A Life of Sir Edward Grey (Allen Lane, 2020).