Bagehot
Subtitle: the English constitution
By: edited by Paul Smith.
Contributors: Smith, Paul, 1937-.
Series: Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Bagehot, Walter, -- 1826-1877.; Constitutional law -- Great Britain.; Constitutional history -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Politics and government.
Description: "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 way in which Bagehot exemplifies the difficulties faced by British liberalism in coming to terms with the approach of democracy. All the usual student-friendly features of the Cambridge Texts series are present, including a select bibliography and brief biographies of key figures, and annotation which explains some of Bagehot's more arcane contemporary allusions."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-246) and index.