Efficient Secret The Cabinet and the Development of Political Parties in Victorian England

Name: Efficient Secret The Cabinet and the Development of Political Parties in Victorian England
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ISBN: 9780521019019

ISBN-10: 052101901X

ISBN-13: 9780521019019

Edition: 2005

Authors: Gary W. Cox, Randall Calvert, Thrainn Eggertsson

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The Efficient Secret is an analysis of the institutional changes in parliamentary government in nineteenth-century England, concentrating on the years between the first and third Reform Acts. Professor Gary W. Cox employs a rational choice model to analyze the problems of voter choice and to examine the emergence of party loyalty in the electorate, the development of cabinet government, and their legislative consequences. The introductory chapters provide the historical setting for this study and briefly survey nineteenth-century political and economic events. Professor Cox then focuses on the increases in party voting in Parliament and in the electorate. To support his argument concerning…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 204
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English




Introduction



Introduction and outline



The historical setting



The Development of Disciplined Parliamentary Parties



The measurement and theory of party cohesion



The Peelites and the disruption of the party system



The caucus



The origin of the efficient secret



The electoral connection and ministerial ambition



The Cabinet's strength: threats of resignation and dissolution



The Electorate



The development of a party-oriented electorate



The causes of a party-oriented electorate



The legislative consequences of a party-oriented electorate



The influence of constituents in Victorian England



Conclusion



The history of party voting


Appendix


References


Author index


Subject index