A new account of voting between the First and Second Reform Bills, outlining a new interpretation of electoral behaviour, and emphasizing the links betweenindividual electors and their social context. It also explores the consequences of these ideas for local political organization, suffragism, and the development of the party system. ÍNDICE: List of Figures - List of Tables - Preface - Acknowledgements - Introduction: Explaining Open Voting in England, 1832-1868 - Elections and PartyOrganization in Victorian England - Some Electoral Consequences of the Great Reform Bill - Organizing the Vote in Lancaster - Electoral Change in Bedford 1832 b 68 - The Voter and the Electoral Community - After the Second Reform Bill - The Organization of Opinion - Appendix i: Poll Books and Nominal Record Linkage - Appendix ii: Votes and Ballots - Appendix iii: Measuring Electoral Change - Notes - References - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-21965-6
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 232
- Fecha Publicación: 07/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés