The Struggle for Democracy: Parliamentary Reform, from the Rotten Boroughs to Today by Roger Mason

The Struggle for Democracy: Parliamentary Reform, from the Rotten Boroughs to Today

Roger Mason

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Britain s voting arrangements prior to the 1832 Reform Act are almost unbelievable to us now. Only 12 percent of men (and no women) had the vote, a single person controlled a rotten borough that returned two Members of Parliament (one of whom was ...

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