The State: Historical and Political DimensionsRichard English, Charles Townshend Routledge, 12. okt. 2012 - 264 sider Drawing on current debates on secessions within the United Kingdom, this book analyses the British State today and looks at its place in the future. Featuring original contributions from a variety of disciplines, this study tackles the problem of defining and studying the state and looks at the role the nation-state has played as the basic political unit in Europe and throughout the world. |
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Side 12
... reforms , especially educational policies which did not discriminate against Nonconformists in the interests of Anglicans , and the disestablishment of the Church of Wales . ' 12 Richard English and Charles Townshend.
... reforms , especially educational policies which did not discriminate against Nonconformists in the interests of Anglicans , and the disestablishment of the Church of Wales . ' 12 Richard English and Charles Townshend.
Side 22
... reform . Through the processes of parliamentary reform in 1830-32 , 1867 , 1884-5 , 1918 and 1928 , parliament established itself as the sole legitimate arbiter of its own composition and of subjects ' political rights . The slow ...
... reform . Through the processes of parliamentary reform in 1830-32 , 1867 , 1884-5 , 1918 and 1928 , parliament established itself as the sole legitimate arbiter of its own composition and of subjects ' political rights . The slow ...
Side 23
... Reform Bill . With the passage of the 1832 Reform Act , Molesworth suggested , ' the dangers which menaced the state have passed away . The constitution has acquired a new vigour - tranquillity , content- ment , security , and the ...
... Reform Bill . With the passage of the 1832 Reform Act , Molesworth suggested , ' the dangers which menaced the state have passed away . The constitution has acquired a new vigour - tranquillity , content- ment , security , and the ...
Side 26
... reform is far from being a language of political radicalism . Indeed in so far as these kinds of reformist discourses are committed to parliamentary means and to parliamentary reform , they tend to reaffirm rather than challenge the ...
... reform is far from being a language of political radicalism . Indeed in so far as these kinds of reformist discourses are committed to parliamentary means and to parliamentary reform , they tend to reaffirm rather than challenge the ...
Side 27
... Reform Act of 1832 a confident and self - consciously reformed parliament claimed the authority to remodel other ... reform in 1831-2 , were equally passionate in their refusal even to consider the Chartist petitioners a decade later.37 ...
... Reform Act of 1832 a confident and self - consciously reformed parliament claimed the authority to remodel other ... reform in 1831-2 , were equally passionate in their refusal even to consider the Chartist petitioners a decade later.37 ...
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Wales and the British state The outer form of subjugation | 44 |
The state in independent Ireland | 66 |
The state and Northern Ireland | 95 |
Federal and confederal ideas in Scottish political culture | 109 |
Member states and the European Union | 143 |
State and public security | 165 |
The state and prostate terrorism in Ireland | 184 |
The British state sovereignty and identities | 210 |
Nations states and religions | 235 |
Index | 248 |
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