In this concise, and readable new study, T. A. Jenkins explains in full how political parties operated within the Victorian political arena, and how this gradua

The notion of 'representative democracy' seems unquestionably familiar today, but how did the Victorians understand democracy, parliamentary representation, and

A rational choice model analyses the problems of voter choice, the emergence of partly loyalty and cabinet government in Victorian England.

This groundbreaking history challenges traditional assumptions about the development of British democracy and the struggle for women's rights.