Kathryn Rix
Biographic Data
| ID | 881382 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn Rix |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn |
| FAMILY NAME | Rix |
| SIGNATURE | RIX K |
| AFFILIATIONS | History of Parliament |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9673-3588 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Living Politics
This article focuses on a relatively understudied group within modern British political history, the professional constituency agents of the Liberal and Conservative parties, who made a crucial contribution to the workings of party organisation and the operation of the representative system between 1880 and 1914. Reflecting the recent historiographical emphasis on studying everyday political practices, it examines the activities of agents in Engl…
Culture, Thought and Belief in British Political Life Since 1800
Time and politics. Parliament and the culture of modernity in Britain and the British world
The Second Reform Act and the Problem of Electoral Corruption
This essay considers the role which the issue of bribery and corruption played during the debates on parliamentary reform in 1867–8, a theme previously neglected by historians of the Second Reform Act. It examines the ways in which the 1867 act itself sought to deal with corruption, analysing the rationale for the disfranchisement of four venal boroughs. It also looks at the attempts made by back benchers to insert provisions to curtail the growi…
Parties, Agents and Electoral Culture in England, 1880-1910
A study of how the role of party agents grew and became professionalised in local political parties. The electoral reforms of 1883-5 created a mass electorate and transformed English political culture. A new breed of professional organisers emerged in the constituencies in the form of full-time party agents, who handled registration, electioneering and the day-to-day political, social and educational work of local parties; they performed a vital …
Whatever Passed in Parliament Ought to be Communicated to the Public’
This article considers the opening up of parliamentary proceedings to greater public scrutiny in the two decades after the 1832 R eform A ct. It examines developments in the publication of parliamentary debates, considering why proposals for an official parliamentary record were rejected in the 1830s. It also discusses two less well‐studied but equally vital means of publicising parliamentary activity: the publication of official division lists a…
Women of the Right Spirit
La professionnalisation d'un rôle politique
Cet article analyse un aspect négligé de l'organisation des partis, à savoir les agents de circonscription du parti libéral et du parti conservateur, au cours d'une période cruciale dans l'évolution du système électoral britannique. L'article retrace le développement des agents en tant que profession et détermine les facteurs qui ont mené à l'avènement d'agents de circonscription professionnels, faisant office de permanents des partis au niveau l…
Go Out into the Highways and the Hedges’
Whatever Passed in Parliament Ought to be Communicated to the Public’
This article considers the opening up of parliamentary proceedings to greater public scrutiny in the two decades after the 1832 R eform A ct. It examines developments in the publication of parliamentary debates, considering why proposals for an official parliamentary record were rejected in the 1830s. It also discusses two less well‐studied but equally vital means of publicising parliamentary activity: the publication of official division lists a…
Go Out into the Highways and the Hedges’
Go Out into the Highways and the Hedges’
La professionnalisation d'un rôle politique
Cet article analyse un aspect négligé de l'organisation des partis, à savoir les agents de circonscription du parti libéral et du parti conservateur, au cours d'une période cruciale dans l'évolution du système électoral britannique. L'article retrace le développement des agents en tant que profession et détermine les facteurs qui ont mené à l'avènement d'agents de circonscription professionnels, faisant office de permanents des partis au niveau l…
Women of the Right Spirit
Whatever Passed in Parliament Ought to be Communicated to the Public’
This article considers the opening up of parliamentary proceedings to greater public scrutiny in the two decades after the 1832 R eform A ct. It examines developments in the publication of parliamentary debates, considering why proposals for an official parliamentary record were rejected in the 1830s. It also discusses two less well‐studied but equally vital means of publicising parliamentary activity: the publication of official division lists a…
Parties, Agents and Electoral Culture in England, 1880-1910
A study of how the role of party agents grew and became professionalised in local political parties. The electoral reforms of 1883-5 created a mass electorate and transformed English political culture. A new breed of professional organisers emerged in the constituencies in the form of full-time party agents, who handled registration, electioneering and the day-to-day political, social and educational work of local parties; they performed a vital …
Time and politics. Parliament and the culture of modernity in Britain and the British world
The Second Reform Act and the Problem of Electoral Corruption
This essay considers the role which the issue of bribery and corruption played during the debates on parliamentary reform in 1867–8, a theme previously neglected by historians of the Second Reform Act. It examines the ways in which the 1867 act itself sought to deal with corruption, analysing the rationale for the disfranchisement of four venal boroughs. It also looks at the attempts made by back benchers to insert provisions to curtail the growi…
Culture, Thought and Belief in British Political Life Since 1800
Living Politics
This article focuses on a relatively understudied group within modern British political history, the professional constituency agents of the Liberal and Conservative parties, who made a crucial contribution to the workings of party organisation and the operation of the representative system between 1880 and 1914. Reflecting the recent historiographical emphasis on studying everyday political practices, it examines the activities of agents in Engl…
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