Franchise Extension and the British Aristocracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6300745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samuel Berlinski (0000-0002-2498-4011, Inter-American Development Bank), Torun Dewan (London School of Economics and Political Science), Brenda Van Coppenolle (0000-0002-6712-189X, London School of Economics and Political Science) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 531-558 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lsq.12057 |
| OpenAlex | W1753596047 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 13 |
Using evidence from the Second Reform Act, introduced in the United Kingdom in 1867, we analyze the impact of extending the vote to the unskilled urban population on the composition of the Cabinet and the background characteristics of Members of Parliament. Exploiting the sharp change in the electorate caused by franchise extension, we separate the effect of reform from that of underlying constituency‐level traits correlated with the voting population. Our results are broadly supportive of a claim first made by Laski (1928): there is no causal effect of the reform on the political role played by the British aristocracy
Aristocracy (class · Business · Business administration · Economics · Extension (predicate logic · Franchise · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Turnout · Voting · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Demography · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |