Approaching democracy: the virtues of representative democracy in mid-Victorian England

Silva, Elisabete Mendes

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Approaching democracy: the virtues of representative democracy in mid-Victorian England

2018Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Silva, Elisabete Mendes
dc.date.accessioned	2020-02-26T11:15:18Z
dc.date.available	2020-02-26T11:15:18Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	In 19th century Britain the questions of representation, parliamentary reform and democracy were more categorically discussed. The Great Reform Act of 1832 epitomised hope for many people who felt left out of the suffrage, as it would reform the British electoral system but in fact it didn’t match expected outcomes. In this article we explore and assess the direct and unintended effects of the 1867 Reform Act, also known as the Second Reform Act, analysing the relation between representation and democracy as the possession of the vote and of political power were not necessarily the same thing. We also scrutinise the construction of a political discourse sustained by several playwrights, such as historians and political writers, to meet political, economic and social needs, highlighting opposing views regarding suffrage and the disbelief in democracy focusing particularly on Thomas Carlyle and his 1867 pamphlet: Shooting Niagara - And after? and some of the supporters of the extension of the franchise, namely J. S. Mill, Gladstone and Disraeli. In order to support these aims, we will also bring to light how some nineteenth century periodicals cast the debate on suffrage, namely The Illustrated London News (ILN), The Times, Fun and Punch.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Silva, Elisabete Mendes (2018). Approaching democracy: the virtues of representative democracy in mid-Victorian England. Anglo Saxonica. ISSN 0873-0628. 15, p. 161-196	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	0873-0628
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10198/20680
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Universidade de Lisboa	pt_PT
dc.relation	Fundos Sociais Nacionais através da FCT no âmbito do projeto UID/ELT/UI0114/2013	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Liberalism	pt_PT
dc.subject	Parliamentary franchise	pt_PT
dc.subject	Democracy	pt_PT
dc.subject	Reform	pt_PT
dc.title	Approaching democracy: the virtues of representative democracy in mid-Victorian England	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.conferencePlace	Lisboa	pt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage	196	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	161	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Anglo Saxonica	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	15	pt_PT
person.familyName	Silva
person.givenName	Elisabete Mendes
person.identifier.ciencia-id	EE12-AC24-227B
person.identifier.orcid	0000-0002-1782-2567
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rcaap.type	article	pt_PT
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