Electing our masters

An engaging history of electioneering in Britain from the 18th century to the present, this book highlights how the television age has altered the interaction of politicians and public and asks what the media must now do to reinvigorate public politics

18th century · 19th century · 20th century · Great Britain · Political campaigns · Politics and government · Elections · Great britain · History · politics and government

• Cambridge History of 19th Century Political Thought

  Gareth Stedman Jones, Gregory Claeys•Cambridge History of 19th Century…•2008

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• Popular perceptions of the politics of class in Brexit Britain

  Open Access•Jonathan Mo, Emily Robinson•Contemporary British History•2026

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• Organizing Democracy

  Open Access•Henk Te Velde, Maartje Janse•Organizing Democracy•2017

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• Boundary disputes

  Open Access•Harm Kaal•Journal of Modern European History•2021

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• Free Trade and Print Culture

  H Miller, Henry James Miller•Cultural and Social History•2017

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• Blue Labour or the Political History Blues

  Open Access•Lawrence Black•Left History An Interdisciplinary…•2019

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• Changing spaces of political encounter and the rise of anti-politics

  Open Access•Nick Clarke, Will Jennings et al.•Political Geography•2017

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• Women and Lancashire Conservatism between the Wars

  N C Fleming•Women s History Review•2017

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• The Reform Act of 1918 – the Advent of Democracy

  Open Access•Stuart Ball•Parliamentary History•2018

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• Joseph Chamberlain and the Third Reform Act

  Open Access•Luke Blaxill•Journal of British Studies•2015

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• What Was Liberalism, and Who Was Its Subject?; Or, Will the Real Liberal Subject Please Stand Up

  Vernon Vernon•Victorian Studies•2011

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• New Perspectives on Power and Political Representation from Ancient History to the Present Day

  Open Access•Danielle Slootjes, Harm Kaal•New Perspectives on Power and…•2019

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• German liberalism in the nineteenth century

  Open Access•Wolfgang J Mommsen•Cambridge History of 19th Century…•2011

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• Constitutional liberalism in France

  Open Access•Jeremy Jennings•Cambridge History of 19th Century…•2011

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• Ballot or Bullet

  Open Access•Andrea Castro Marcucci, Andrea Marcucci et al.•The Economic Journal•2022

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• William Gladstone, Collector and Collectable

  Barbara Pezzini•Visual Culture in Britain•2019

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• The Rally-Intensive Campaign

  Open Access•Dan Paget•The International Journal of…•2019

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• The veil of duty

  Open Access•Nathan Manning•British Politics•2017

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• Enoch Powell’s ‘rivers of blood’ speech

  Open Access•Andrew S Crines, Timothy Heppell et al.•British Politics•2015

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• Election Cartoons and Political Communication in Victorian England

  Matthew Roberts•Cultural and Social History•2013

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• Public to private and back again

  Emily Harmer•Feminist Media Studies•2015

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• An Organ of Uplift?”

  Amie Bingham•Journalism Studies•2013

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• Where’s the money coming from?’ Manifesto costings and the politics of fiscal credibility in UK general elections, 1955–2019

  Open Access•Peter Sloman•The British Journal of Politics…•2020

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• Golden age, apathy or stealth? Democratic engagement in Britain, 1945–1950

  Open Access•Jonathan Mo, Nick Clarke et al.•Contemporary British History•2016

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• Public Politics and Traditions of Popular Protest

  Malcolm Petrie, Malcolm Robert Petrie•Contemporary British History•2013

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• New Times revisited

  Open Access•Matthew Hilton, Chris Moores et al.•Contemporary British History•2017

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• Let us be cool, calm—and elected’

  Sally Abernethy•Contemporary British History•2018

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• Lancashire Conservatives, Tariff Reform and Indian Responsible Government

  N C Fleming•Contemporary British History•2015

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• Political education and electoral politics

  Claudia C Gatzka•European Review of History Revue…•2022

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• When electors raised their voices

  Oriol Luján•European Review of History Revue…•2022

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• Politics of place

  Harm Kaal•European Review of History Revue…•2015

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• Knowing the Demos

  Open Access•Petter Tistedt•Scandinavian Journal of History•2018

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• The Language of Imperialism in British Electoral Politics, 1880–1910

  Luke Blaxill•The Journal of Imperial &…•2017

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• Phrases Make History Here’

  Richard Toye•The Journal of Imperial &…•2010

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• It Takes Money to Make MPs

  Open Access•Julia Cagé, Edgard Dewitte•The Journal of Economic History•2025

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• Winston Churchill's “Crazy Broadcast”

  Open Access•Richard Toye•Journal of British Studies•2010

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• Home and Politics

  Open Access•David Thackeray•Journal of British Studies•2010

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• Send a Soldier to Parliament”

  Open Access•Matthew Johnson•Journal of British Studies•2023

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• Resisting “Arithmocracy”

  Open Access•Matthew Roberts•Journal of British Studies•2011

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• Feminist Political Thought and Activism in Revolutionary Ireland, C . 1880–1918

  Open Access•Senia Pašeta•Transactions of the Royal…•2017

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• The Rhetorical Culture of the House of Commons after 1918

  Open Access•Richard Toye•History•2014

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• Whose Democracy? Histories of British Political Culture Between the Wars

  Open Access•Helen Mccarthy, Helen C D McCarthy•The Historical Journal•2012

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• Mass Observation, Apathy, and Electoral Politics in England, 1937–1950

  Open Access•David Thackeray•The Historical Journal•2021

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• Pluralism, the People, and Time in Labour Party History, 1931–1964

  Open Access•Jeremy Nuttall•The Historical Journal•2013

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• Voting, Nationhood, and Citizenship in Late-Colonial Africa

  Open Access•Justin Willis, Gabrielle Lynch et al.•The Historical Journal•2018

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• British Politics and Cinema's Historical Dramas, 1929–1938

  Open Access•Steven Fielding•The Historical Journal•2013

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• A 40-Year-Old Black Man Made the Point to Me

  Open Access•John Atkins, Judi Atkins et al.•Political Studies•2013

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• Accountability, analysis and avoidance

  Ben Worthy, Stefani R Langehennig•Journal of Legislative Studies•2025

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• Doing God” in Number 10

  Open Access•Andrew S Crines, Kevin Theakston•Politics and Religion•2015

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• Oratory, itinerant lecturing and Victorian popular politics

  Open Access•Janette Martins, Janette Martin•Historical Research•2013

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• Transactional Politics

  Open Access•Evelyn Ruppert, M Savage•The Sociological Review•2011

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