| Liberalism in Nineteenth Century Europe: The Political Culture of Limited Suffrage 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Kahan, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349510785 ISBN-13: 9781349510788 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - History | Western Europe - General - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 324.620 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.64 lbs) 239 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'Votes should be weighed, not counted', Nineteenth-century liberals argued. This study analyzes parliamentary suffrage debates in England, France and Germany, showing that liberals throughout Europe used a distinctive political language, 'the discourse of capacity', to limit political participation. This language defined liberals, and they used it to define and limit full citizenship. The rise of consumer culture at the end of the century drove the discourse of capacity from politics, but it survives today in education and the professions. |
