Statesmanship and Party Government (Paperback)

In this incisive look at early modern views of party politics, Harvey C. Mansfield examines the pamphlet war between Edmund Burke and the followers of Henry St. John, First Viscount Bolingbroke during the mid-eighteenth century. In response to works by Bolingbroke published posthumously, Burke created his most eloquent advocacy of the party system. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the material, Mansfield shows that present-day parties must be understood in the light of the history of party government. The complicated organization and the public actions of modern parties are the result, he contends, and not the cause of a great change in opinion about parties. Mansfield points out that while parties have always existed, the party government that we know today is possible only because parties are now considered respectable. In Burke's day, however, they were thought by detractors to be a cancer in a free polity. Burke, however, was an early champion of the party system in Britain and made his arguments with a clear-eyed realism. In "Statesmanship and Party Government", Mansfield provides a skillful evaluation of Burke's writings and sheds light on present-day party politics.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2013
First published:	February 2013
Authors:	Harvey C. Mansfield
Dimensions:	153 x 228 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	294
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-02217-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political parties > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-226-02217-X
Barcode:	9780226022178

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