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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812127803321

Titolo

Realities of representation : state building in early modern Europe and European America / / edited by Maija Jansson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

ISBN

1-283-52741-3

9786613839862

0-230-60365-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JanssonMaija

Disciplina

909.08

940.2/3

Soggetti

Representative government and representation - History

Europe Politics and government 1492-1648 Congresses

Europe Politics and government 1648-1789 Congresses

United States Politics and government To 1775 Congresses

Canada Politics and government 18th century Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revisions of papers presented at a conference entitled Parliaments, Peoples, and Powers held at Yale University in 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Realities of Representation: State Building in Early Modern Europe and European America; EARLY MODERN EUROPE; EUROPEAN AMERICA; Conclusion: New Approaches to Early Modern Representation; Afterword: Representative Government: How Sure a Thing?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an examination of the idea of representation and the institutional realities that shaped it in early modern Europe and European America. Contributors demonstrate how a country's history, society, and national experience dictate how representation is realized in political institutions, including parliaments, riksdags and reichstags.