Political Deference in a Democratic Age: British Politics and the Constitution from the Eighteenth Century to Brexit

Abstract

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Why 'Deference'? -- Deference as Political Tool in a Democratic Age -- The Many Meanings of Deference -- Political Deference, Chapter by Chapter -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Works -- Articles -- Online Resources (Reports and Publications) -- Secondary Sources -- Works: Classical Texts -- Works -- Part I: Theory of Deference from the Eighteenth Century to 1911-Definitions in Context -- Chapter 2: The Constitution of Political Deference -- Constitutionalism and National Character -- A Typology of Deference in the Eighteenth Century -- The American Case: Deference in the Name of Equality -- Hierarchical Deference in Britain: Smith and Burke, or Voluntary Deference -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Works -- Articles -- Secondary Sources -- Works: Classical Texts -- Works -- Articles -- Chapter 3: Deference and the Politics of Notables -- Voluntary Deference in 'Unreformed' England4 -- From 1832 to 1867: Voluntary Deference and Democratic Reforms -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Works -- Articles -- Secondary Sources -- Works: Classical Texts -- Works -- Chapter 4: Walter Bagehot, the 'Darwin of Deference' -- Bagehot's Definition of Deference in Context -- Bagehot's Evolutionary Theory -- Bagehot's Use of Deference -- The Limits of Bagehotian Deference -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Works -- Articles -- Secondary Sources -- Works: Classical Texts -- Works -- Articles -- Chapter 5: The Dilemma(s) of Voluntary Deference in the Fin De Siècle -- Disraeli, Rational Deference, or 'the Fight for the Soul of England'6 -- Dicey, Follower of Bagehot or Disraeli? -- The Road to 1911 or the Battle over the Meaning of the Constitution -- The Survival of Voluntary Deference -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Works -- Secondary Sources -- Works: Classical Texts -- Works.