Between 1852 and 1886 British politics moved from a system of 'parliamentary government' towards a two party system. This book looks at why and how this change happened and analyses the long-term implications it had for British politics.
ANGUS HAWKINS is Director of International Programmes and Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford.
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Introduction Parliamentary Government and mid-Victorian Parties: 1852 1859 Palmerston and Liberalism: 1859-1865 'A Leap in the Dark': 1865 1868 Gladstone and Liberalism: 1868-1874 Disraeli and Conservatism: 1874-1880 The Crisis of Liberalism: 1880-1886 The Demise of Parliamentary Government and the Two Party System.