| Liberalism in Nineteenth Century Europe: The Political Culture of Limited Suffrage 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Kahan, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403911746 ISBN-13: 9781403911742 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: "Votes should be weighed, not counted," nineteenth-century liberals argued. This groundbreaking 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - History | Western Europe - General - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 324.620 |
| LCCN: 2003042909 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.28" W x 9.08" (0.94 lbs) 239 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Chronological Period - Modern |
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| 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. |
