Parliament and foreign policy in the eighteenth century / / Jeremy Black [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Black Jeremy <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 261 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 327.41/009/033
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Foreign relations 18th century
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- The Revolution Settlement, Parliament and foreign policy, 1689-1714 -- The Walpolean system, Parliament and foreign policy, 1714-42 -- The mid-century crisis, Parliament and foreign policy, 1742-60 -- George III, Parliament and foreign policy, 1760-1800 -- Sources and reports -- Character and quality of parliamentary discussion -- A parliamentary foreign policy? -- Conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on a wide range of British and foreign archival sources, this book tackles the role of Parliament in the conduct of eighteenth-century foreign policy, the impact of this policy on parliamentary politics, and the quality of parliamentary debates. It is also an important study for our assessment of eighteenth-century Britain, and also, more generally, for an understanding of the role of contingency in the assessment of political systems. Reflecting over a quarter-century of work on parliamentary sources, the book highlights the influence of Parliament, positive and negative, direct and indirect, on foreign policy and politics. It also has great contemporary relevance as we consider the effectiveness of democratic states when confronting authoritarian rivals, and the rights of representative bodies to be consulted before wars are launched.
• Altri titoli varianti: Parliament & Foreign Policy in the Eighteenth Century
• Titolo autorizzato: Parliament and foreign policy in the eighteenth century
• ISBN: 1-107-14917-7; 1-280-45800-3; 0-511-18606-1; 0-511-18523-5; 0-511-18792-0; 0-511-31390-X; 0-511-49571-4; 0-511-18699-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457714903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II