Phillips Electoral Behavior in Unreformed England

Plumpers, Splitters, and Straights
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5642-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 376 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

This work examines the development of popular politics in four representative English towns between 1761 and 1802. The book addresses hitherto unanswered yet fundamental questions about the electorate and the electoral system of later eighteenth-century England.

Originally published in 1982.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Phillips, John A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. vii
TABLES, FIGURES, AND MAP, pg. ix
PREFACE, pg. xiii
ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xix
CHAPTER ONE. The Unreformed Political System, pg. 1
CHAPTER TWO. The Structure of Electoral Politics in Unreformed England, pg. 45
CHAPTER THREE. The Structure of Borough Politics: Participation and Politicization, pg. 82
CHAPTER FOUR. The Substance of Borough Politics: Variations on Three Themes, pg. 114
CHAPTER FIVE. The Borough Voter, pg. 173
CHAPTER SIX. The Voter Decides: The Development of Partisan Behavior, pg. 212
CHAPTER SEVEN. The Voter’s Decision: The Social Foundations of the Vote, pg. 253
CHAPTER EIGHT. Interpretations and Speculations, pg. 306
APPENDIX I. Nominal Record Linkage, pg. 312
APPENDIX II. OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS, pg. 321
APPENDIX III. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS: 1761–1802, pg. 323
BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 327
INDEX, pg. 345