{"product_id":"the-voice-of-the-people-9781032063942","title":"The Voice of the People","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the last two centuries, Europe has developed various forms of political representation from which democratic parliamentary systems gradually emerged. This book unravels the conditions, scale and impact under which political participation of common burghers and peasants emerged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[...] he aims to find an explanation for the way in which political participation has or has not taken shape over the centuries and in different places [the liberal revolutions before and after 1800].'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLauren Lauret,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe low countries\u003c\/i\u003e, 2024 - https:\/\/www.the-low-countries.com\/article\/the-struggle-for-political-participation-is-never-over\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Historical roots of political voice \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Voice and Representation 1 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo A Unique Achievement 10\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Continuity? 15\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The State of Research 19\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Terminology 23 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Theoretical Points of Departure 25\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Political Participation Today 30\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo This book 33\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. The Playing Field Is Demarcated: Communities and Political Landscapes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Increasing differences in development 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The geographic environment 6 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The formation of political units from a dominant core 13\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The imperial obsession 16\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Alliances of free communities 20\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Coasts, Rivers, and Land masses 26 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Political Geography 28\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Playing Field 38\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. The Players: the Formation of Political Communities \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Estates and their Representation 3 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo The First Estate: the Clergy 5 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo The Estate of the Nobility 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Peace Movements 12\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Precedence 15\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Concentration of Power 24 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Counsel and Aid 24\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo England: the Early Kingdom 26\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Dynastic Wars, Bad Kings, and Rebellious Barons 29\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Balances of Power: Catalonia and Aragon 38 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Dynastic Discontinuity 43 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Castile and León 45\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Brabant and Castile 48\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Leading Actors 52\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Game Changers: the Third Estate Makes Itself Heard\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Italian Polyarchy 2 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo The Astonishing North 2 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo The Social Composition of the Tuscan Population 13\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo The Papal States 16 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo The South 17 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Balances of Power 22 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Popular Sovereignty in Flanders 23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Commercial Interests 33\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Peasants’ Voice 38\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo The common concern for water management\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the Low Countries 47 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Core Concepts in the Political Debate 51 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Triangular Relationship: Prince, Nobility, Cities 56 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Within the Lines: Institutionalized Political Voice \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Vulnerability of Princes 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Iberian \u003ci\u003eCortes\u003c\/i\u003e and Languedoc 5 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Abuse of Power and Tiranny in England 15 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Political Voice on War 22 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Representation of the Land? 27 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- City Leagues in the German Realm 32 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Microcosm of the Low Countries 39 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo From the Meuse Region Urban League to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLand of Liège 39\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo The First Social and Political Revolution: Flanders 43\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo From City Leagues to the Brabant Constitutional Tradition 47 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Estates and Princely Ambitions 53 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Contrasts 57\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Expansion and Emancipation 65 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Spectators Invade the Pitch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The First Religiously Inspired Revolution: Bohemia 1 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Bourgeois Revolution in the Low Countries 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Church and Religion as Sources of Disruption 10\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoThe First Sovereign Popular Representation 13 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Religious Polarization in the German Realm 27 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Elective Kingship and Regional Power in Central Europe 41 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoPoland 41 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoHungary 45 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Swiss Confederation 46 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Seizure of Power by the Privileged in France 48 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Republics Among Monarchies 56\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Reformation as Catalyst 59 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Distribution of Gain and Loss \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Societies in Figures 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Numbers of People and Concentrations 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Composition of the Population 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Forms of Aristocratic Rule in Central and Eastern Europe 16\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Balances of Power in the Holy Roman Empire 31\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo A Dramatic Case: Saxony 42\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Estates’ Members as Brokers in the French Periphery 45\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Subjugation of Catalonia and the ‘long sleep’ of Iberia 51\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Conclusion 60 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. The Champions and the Excluded \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Sovereign Republics 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Revolution Turning into Oligarchy: the United Provinces 5 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- England and the United Kingdom: the Monarchal Republic 16\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo The Bloody Road to a Constitutional Monarchy 17\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo The Consolidated Parliament 27\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Sweden, a Separate Case 33\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo The Formative Period 33\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Royal Voluntarism and Parliamentary Opposition 36\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Political Parties 44\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Colonies and the other Excluded 50\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Ireland 51\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo North America 53\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Ascending and Descending Power 60\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Conclusions. Participation versus Effectivity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A Dash of Political Anthropology 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Phases of Expansion and Contraction 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Political Voice? The development phase, 1100-1350 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Consolidation and trials of strength, 1350 -1600 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Constitutional Representation or Fiscal-military Monarchy, 1600-1800 15 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The fundamental dynamics 19\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Emancipation and Stiffening 19\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Representation from below 23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo State Power 25\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Institutional Inertia 30\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Continuity of Political Cultures 33 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral Bibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018820485463,"sku":"9781032063942","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032063942.jpg?v=1750778274","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-voice-of-the-people-9781032063942","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}