Bagehot: The English Constitution
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- Real Author: Bagehot
- Editor: Paul Smith, University of Southampton
- Date Published: January 2005
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- isbn: 9780511037733
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Walter Bagehot's anatomy of The English Constitution is a classic of English political writing. In this new Cambridge Texts edition it appears for the first time in its original (1867) book version, with Bagehot's original conclusion, and the substantial introduction written for the second edition of 1872. Paul Smith's introduction places Bagehot's views in the context of contemporary events and prevalent views of the working of the constitution, indicating their relation to his developing ideas on the anthropological and sociological springs of authority. He assesses the accuracy of Bagehot's account of parliamentary government in operation, and the strength of Bagehot's analysis of the difficulties faced by British liberalism in coming to terms with the approach of democracy. All the usual student-friendly features of the Cambridge Texts series are present, including a select bibliography and brief biographies of key figures, and annotation which explains some of Bagehot's more arcane contemporary allusions.
Read more- Only reprint of the first (1867) edition, including original conclusion, as well as the significant introduction to the second edition (1872)
- Detailed notes, annotation, bibliography and historical chronology
- Introduction assesses originality, validity and implications of Bagehot's views
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- Date Published: January 2005
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511037733
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Editor's introduction
Principal events in Bagehot's life
Note on the text and annotation
The English Constitution: Advertisement
1. The cabinet
2. The pre-requisites of cabinet government, and the peculiar form which they have assumed in England
3. The monarchy
4. The monarchy (continued)
5. The House of Lords
6. The House of Commons
7. On changes of ministry
8. Its supposed checks and balances
9. Its history, and the effects of that history
Conclusion
Introduction to the second edition (1872)
Notes
Biographical notes on persons mentioned in the text
Bibliographical note
Index.
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