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Numérisation et relecture des OCR réalisées par la Bibliothèque Cujas
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS DEMOCRACY
Introduction 1
The Franchise before the Reform Bill of 1832 and the Control of Parliament by the Aristocracy 3
The Theory of Representative Government held by the Aristocracy 9
The Whig View of Reform 15
The Criticism of the Aristocracy by the Middle-class Reformers 21
Early Democratic Theories 27
The Middle-class View of Reform 33
CHAPTER II
THE FURTHER TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY
The Reform Bill of 1832 40
Its Effect on the Power of the Aristocracy 41
The Responsibility of the Aristocracy for the Disturbance of the Settlement of 1832 47
The Theory of Representative Government held by the Aristocracy after 1832 55
Its Instability 58
The further Extension of the Franchise after 1832 60
Representation of Minorities 69
Redistribution of Seats 72
The Bribery Laws and the Ballot Act 75
The Conversion of the Representative into a Delegate 77
The Revolution in Local Government 86
[CHAPTER III
THE HOUSE OF LORDS
The Change in the Relation of the Lords to the Commons 98
The Conflicts of the Lords with the Commons 100
The Key to the Policy of the Lords 105
The Lords and the Extension of the Suffrage 108
The Lords and the Universities 113
The Lords and Jewish Disabilities 115
The Lords and the Irish Church 115
The Lords and Property 118
CHAPTER IV
THE INTERPRETATION OF DEMOCRACY BY THE WORKING-CLASS
The General Character of the Political Movement in the Working-class 125
Early Socialism 126
Robert Owen's Agitation 134
Chartism 139
The Period of Individualism 146
The Recrudescence of Socialism 150
CHAPTER V
THE PRESENT SITUATION
The Bearing on the Theory of Democracy of the Political Division into the Rich and the Poor 160
The House of Commons and the Actual Situation 162
The House of Commons and the Will of the People 169
The Referendum 172
The Question of a Second Chamber 175
The House of Commons and the Empire 178