Bagehot The English Constitution

Name: Bagehot The English Constitution
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ISBN: 9780521469425

ISBN-10: 0521469422

ISBN-13: 9780521469425

Edition: 2001

Authors: Walter. Bagehot, Paul Smith, Raymond Geuss, Quentin. Skinner

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Walter Bagehot's anatomy of The English Constitution is a classic of English political writing. In this new Cambridge Texts edition it appears for the first time in its original (1867) book version, with Bagehot's original conclusion, and the substantial introduction written for the second edition of 1872. Paul Smith's introduction places Bagehot's views in the context of contemporary events and prevalent views of the working of the constitution, indicating their relation to his developing ideas on the anthropological and sociological springs of authority. He assesses the accuracy of Bagehot's account of parliamentary government in operation, and the strength of Bagehot's analysis of the…

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List price: $40.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/15/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 292
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Editor+s introduction


Principal events in Bagehot+s life


Note on the text and annotation


The English Constitution: Advertisement



The cabinet



The pre-requisites of cabinet government, and the peculiar form which they have assumed in England



The monarchy



The monarchy (continued)



The House of Lords



The House of Commons



On changes of ministry



Its supposed checks and balances



Its history, and the effects of that history


Conclusion


Introduction to the second edition (1872)


Notes


Biographical notes on persons mentioned in the text


Bibliographical note


Index