A Contrast in Styles at the Office of Works. Layard and Ayrton
Aesthete and Economist
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8956805 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M H Port (Queen Mary University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 151-176 |
| Publication date | 1984-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x00017726 |
| OpenAlex | W2069413707 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
‘The rapid growth of wealth, especially among the classes of the greatest activity and enterprise, has led, for a number of years past, to a diminished watchfulness, outside the walls of Parliament, respecting the great and cardinal subject of economy in the public charges, and the relation between the income of the State and its expenditure. I earnesdy desire that the paramount interest of the lately enfranchised classes in thrifty administration may operate powerfully to bring about a change.’ So Gladstone trumpeted the leitmotif of his administration, at the outset of the general election campaign in October 1868. The fundamental importance of fiscal strategy in Gladstone's politics has recently been emphasized. Faced with an ineluctable increase in civil expenditure and rising expectations of governmental contributions to the public weal – what he termed ‘scattering grants at the solicitation of individuals and classes’, the system of ‘making things pleasant all round’ and stimulating ‘local cupidity to feed upon the public purse’ – Gladstone was determined that his ministry, backed as he believed by the votes of the thrifty working classes, should reduce such expectations. ‘I t is the special duty of public men’, he told his constituents soon after taking office, ‘to watch the very beginnings of evil’ in regard to any relaxing of the general principles of economy and thrift; and he promised to reduce expenditure in the coming year
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.08 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2005 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |