Electing our masters : the hustings in British politics from Hogarth to Blair /

An engaging history of electioneering in Britain from the eighteenth century to the present, highlighting how the television age has altered the interaction of politicians and public and asking what the media must now do to reinvigorate public politics. - ;In this engagingly written history of elect...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lawrence, Jon, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
1700-1999
Elections > Great Britain > History.
Political campaigns > Great Britain > History.
Élections > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Elections
Political campaigns
Politics and government
Great Britain > Politics and government > 18th century.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 19th century.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Great Britain
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Spirit of the Hustings; 1. John Bull at the Hustings: Electoral Politics from the Ancien Regime to the Second Reform Act; 2. The Fall of the Hustings and the Rise of the Platform; 3. Money, Men, and Mayhem: Electoral Politics before the First World War; 4. War, Women, and the 'Silent Majority'; 5. Towards the New Jerusalem; 6. The Decline of the Platform; 7. The Local Campaign in the Television Age; 8. Broadcasting Politics; 9. The Public Banished?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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