Parliament the mirror of the nation: representation, deliberation, and democracy in victorian britain
Auteur :
Conti, Gregory
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108428736
Date de publication :
25 avr. 2019
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,9 x 2,6 cm
Poids :
720 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
How did the Victorian era - the epoch when the modern democratic state was made - understand democracy, parliamentary representation, and diversity? Here, Gregory Conti examines how the Victorians conceived the representative and deliberative functions of the House of Commons and what it meant for parliament to be the 'mirror of the nation'.