The Organization of Opinion [electronic resource] : Open Voting in England, 1832-68 /
Mitchell, J.author.
A new account of voting between the First and Second Reform Bills, outlining a new interpretation of electoral behaviour, and emphasizing the links between individual 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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-212) and index.
Introduction - explaining open voting in England, 1832-1868 -- Elections and party organization in Victorian England -- Some electoral consequences of the great reform bill -- Organizing the vote in Lancaster -- Electoral change in Bedford 1832-68 -- The voter and the electoral community -- After the second reform bill -- The organization of opinion.
A new account of voting between the First and Second Reform Bills, outlining a new interpretation of electoral behaviour, and emphasizing the links between individual 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.
Great Britain—History.
World politics.
Europe—History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Elections.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Political History.
European History.
Modern History.
Social History.
Electoral Politics.