Liberalism in nineteenth-century Europe : the political culture of limited suffrage / Alan S. Kahan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahan, Alan S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suffrage--Europe--History--19th century.

Suffrage.

Liberalism--Europe--History--19th century.

Liberalism.

Political culture--Europe--History--19th century.

Political culture.

History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

viii, 239 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

"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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-233) and index.

ISBN:

1403911746

OCLC:

51804958