The rise of majority rule in early modern Britain and its empire / William J. Bulman. [electronic re...
The rise of majority rule in early modern Britain and its empire / William J. Bulman. [electronic re...
The rise of majority rule in early modern Britain and its empire / William J. Bulman. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
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English
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1 online resource (xiv, 279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
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Consensus in the Commons, 1547-1642 -- Consensus imperiled, 1640-1641 -- Consensus destroyed, 1641-1643 -- Revolutionary decisions, 1643-1660 -- The majority institutionalized, 1660-1800 -- Little parliaments in the Atlantic colonies, 1613-1789.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
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England
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2021.
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This expansive history of the origins of majority rule in modern representative government charts the emergence of majority voting as a global standard for decision-making in popular assemblies. Majority votes had, of course, been held prior to 1642, but not since antiquity had they been held with any frequency by a popular assembly with responsibi...
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The rise of majority rule in early modern Britain and its empire / William J. Bulman. [electronic resource]
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74VKaz0LZN8Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz0LZN8Z
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1-108-90964-7
1-108-90568-4
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328.4109/03
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991024402511602626
