House of Lords and Ideological Politics: Lord Salisbury's Referendal Theory and the Conservative Party, 1846-1922, Memoirs, American Philosophical Soc

by Corinne Comstock Weston

This study of ideological politics in Victorian and Edwardian England centers on a referendal theory promoted by the great Lord Salisbury when he opposed William Gladstone's Liberal gov'ts. It was subsequently carried forward in the form of the referendum by Salisbury's son-in-law and ideological heir, the second Lord Selborne. Salisbury is today recognized as the most successful electorally of Conservative leaders. Selborne, though not as well known...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871692155
• ISBN13: 9780871692153
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.