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Liberalism in Nineteenth Century Europe: The Political Culture of Limited Suffrage

Liberalism in Nineteenth Century Europe: The Political Culture of Limited Suffrage

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General European HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1349510785
ISBN13: 9781349510788
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jan 1 2003
Pages: 239
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
'Votes should be weighed, not counted', Nineteenth-century liberals argued. This study analyzes parliamentary suffrage debates in England, France and Germany, showing that liberals throughout Europe used a distinctive political language, 'the discourse of capacity', to limit political participation. This language defined liberals, and they used it to define and limit full citizenship. The rise of consumer culture at the end of the century drove the discourse of capacity from politics, but it survives today in education and the professions.

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