This expansive history of the origins of majority rule in modern representative government charts the emergence of majority voting as a global standard for decision-making in popular assemblies. Majority votes had, of course, been held prior to 1642, but not since antiquity had they been held with a...

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1. Verfasser:	Bulman, William J. 1979- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2021
Schlagworte:	Great Britain / Parliament / House of Commons / History Geschichte Representative government and representation / Great Britain / History Legislative bodies / Ireland / History Legislative bodies / America / History Parliamentary practice / Great Britain / History Democracy / Great Britain / History Majorities Gesetzgebungsverfahren Parlament Verwaltung Kolonie Mehrheitsprinzip Great Britain / Colonies / Administration Great Britain / Politics and government / 1485- Großbritannien
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Zusammenfassung:	This expansive history of the origins of majority rule in modern representative government charts the emergence of majority voting as a global standard for decision-making in popular assemblies. Majority votes had, of course, been held prior to 1642, but not since antiquity had they been held with any frequency by a popular assembly with responsibility for the fate of a nation. The crucial moment in the global triumph of majority rule was its embrace by the elected assemblies of early modern Britain and its empire. William J. Bulman analyzes its sudden appearance in the English House of Commons and its adoption by the elected assemblies of Britain's Atlantic colonies in the age of the English, Glorious, and American Revolutions. These events made it overwhelmingly likely that the United Kingdom, the United States, and their former dependencies would become and remain fundamentally majoritarian polities. Providing an insightful commentary on the state of democratic governance today, this study sheds light on the nature, promise, and perils of majority rule
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Mar 2021) Consensus in the Commons, 1547-1642 -- Consensus imperiled, 1640-1641 -- Consensus destroyed, 1641-1643 -- Revolutionary decisions, 1643-1660 -- The majority institutionalized, 1660-1800 -- Little parliaments in the Atlantic colonies, 1613-1789
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 279 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781108909648
DOI:	10.1017/9781108909648