The Efficient Secret: The Cabinet and the Development of Political Parties in Victorian England

by Gary W. Cox

Book Overview

The Efficient Secret is an analysis of the institutional changes in parliamentary government in nineteenth-century England, concentrating on the years between the first and third Reform Acts. Professor Gary W. Cox employs a rational choice model to analyze the problems of voter choice and to examine the emergence of party loyalty in the electorate, the development of cabinet government, and their legislative consequences. The introductory chapters...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052101901X
• ISBN13: 9780521019019
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"