The consequences of Gregory Conti’s parliament the mirror of the nation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11345517 |
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| Authors | Christopher Macleod (0000-0002-4359-4094, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 160-162 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of European Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0191-6599 • E-ISSN: 1873-541X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01916599.2022.2064683 |
| OpenAlex | W4224985604 |
| Language | EN |
In this review of Gregory Conti's Parliament the Mirror of the Nation, I offer an outline of what I take to the thesis of that work: that during the mid-Victorian period, mirroring was a key goal of representation, which dominated and framed discussions of post-1832 debates on parliamentary reform. I focus, in particular, on the teleological orientation of the arguments that Conti uncovers in his systematic reconstruction of debates that Conti offers
Focus (optics · Mirroring · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Teleology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Communication · Law · Political Theory and Influence · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Highly cited | No |
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