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Scandal : the Sexual Politics of the British Constitution.
Are sex scandals simply trivial distractions from serious issues or can they help democratize politics? In 1820, George IV's ""royal gambols"" with his mistresses endangered the Old Oak of the constitution. When he tried to divorce Queen Caroline for adultery, the resulting...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Are sex scandals simply trivial distractions from serious issues or can they help democratize politics? In 1820, George IV's ""royal gambols"" with his mistresses endangered the Old Oak of the constitution. When he tried to divorce Queen Caroline for adultery, the resulting scandal enabled activists to overcome state censorship and revitalize reform. Looking at six major British scandals between 1763 and 1820, this book demonstrates that scandals brought people into politics because they evoked familiar stories of sex and betrayal. In vibrant prose woven with vivid character sketches and il. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 1306046165 9781306046169 9781400849543 1400849543 0691126011 9780691126012 |