Agents of the people : democracy and popular sovereignty in British and Swedish parliamentary and public debates, 1734-1800 /

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This book on the pre-history of democratization shows how and why more modern attitudes to democracy started to emerge in the late eighteenth century. Focusing on the language of parliamentarians, the author reconstructs and compares debates on the political role and representation of the people in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ihalainen, Pasi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Studies in the history of political thought ; v. 4.
Temas:
Great Britain. > Parliament > History > 18th century.
Sweden. > Riksdagen > History > 18th century.
Great Britain. > Parliament
Sweden. > Riksdagen
1700-1799
Representative government and representation > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Representative government and representation > Sweden > History > 18th century.
Gouvernement représentatif > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Gouvernement représentatif > Suède > Histoire > 18e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Politics and government
Representative government and representation
Great Britain > Politics and government > 18th century.
Sweden > Politics and government > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 18e siècle.
Suède > Politique et gouvernement > 18e siècle.
Great Britain
Sweden
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book on the pre-history of democratization shows how and why more modern attitudes to democracy started to emerge in the late eighteenth century. Focusing on the language of parliamentarians, the author reconstructs and compares debates on the political role and representation of the people in Britain and Sweden. His analysis demonstrates not only the persistence of the classical, pejorative, conception of democracy but also the gradual re-evaluation of the notion prior to the French Revolution. The author analyses the clash between British and French conceptions of democracy as well as t.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 530 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-515) and indexes.
ISBN:9789004183940
9004183949
9789004183360
9004183361
ISSN:1873-6548 ;

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