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Selinger, William, 1986-

Parliamentarism : from Burke to Weber / William Selinger. - viii, 246 pages 22 cm. - Ideas in context .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The eighteenth-century House of Commons -- Edmund Burke's theory of parliamentary politics -- The French Revolution and the liberal parliamentary turn -- Reinventing parliamentarism : the significance of Benjamin constant -- Democracy in America, parliamentarism in France : Tocqueville's unconventional parliamentary liberalism -- John Stuart Mill and the Victorian theory of parliament.

ISBN: 9781108468855

LCCN: 2018061716

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Representative government and representation--History.
Cabinet system--History.

LC Class. No.: JF1051 / .S4 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 321.8