Gregory Conti is Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University, New Jersey. He has written numerous articles about the history of liberalism and democratic theory, with a special focus on questions of representation and freedom of speech. He has served as a research fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge.

'In Parliament the Mirror of the Nation: Representation, Deliberation, and Democracy in Victorian Britain, Gregory Conti guides us through this Victorian conversation with skill and erudition.' Philip Harling, Victorian Studies

• Acknowledgments; Notes on the text; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Diversity without democracy, the theory of the variety of suffrages, Part 1: Institutions and sociologies; 1.1. Mirroring and electoral diversity before the First Reform Act; 1.2. Institutions and Sociologies; 1.3. The Decline of the variety of suffrages; 2. Diversity without democracy, the theory of the variety of suffrages, Part 2: Values and criticisms; 2.1. Justice; 2.2 The rule of public opinion; 2.3. Deliberation; 2.4. Stability; 3. Democracy, diversity, and contestability: democracy against the variety of suffrages; 3.1. Diverse democracy; 3.2. Radical or undescriptive democracy; 4. Diversity with democracy? Proportional representation, Part 1: Concepts and techniques; 4.1 The pre-history of PR in Britain; 4.2. The institutional and conceptual core of Victorian PR; 5. Diversity with democracy? Proportional representation, Part 2: The debate on PR's moral and political effects; 5.1. The moral benefits of PR; 5.2. Millian rebuttals: the local constituency and the threat of stagnation; 5.3. The problem of parties; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.

Gregory Conti is Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University, New Jersey. He has written numerous articles about the history of liberalism and democratic theory, with a special focus on questions of representation and freedom of speech. He has served as a research fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge.

'In Parliament the Mirror of the Nation: Representation, Deliberation, and Democracy in Victorian Britain, Gregory Conti guides us through this Victorian conversation with skill and erudition.' Philip Harling, Victorian Studies

• Acknowledgments; Notes on the text; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Diversity without democracy, the theory of the variety of suffrages, Part 1: Institutions and sociologies; 1.1. Mirroring and electoral diversity before the First Reform Act; 1.2. Institutions and Sociologies; 1.3. The Decline of the variety of suffrages; 2. Diversity without democracy, the theory of the variety of suffrages, Part 2: Values and criticisms; 2.1. Justice; 2.2 The rule of public opinion; 2.3. Deliberation; 2.4. Stability; 3. Democracy, diversity, and contestability: democracy against the variety of suffrages; 3.1. Diverse democracy; 3.2. Radical or undescriptive democracy; 4. Diversity with democracy? Proportional representation, Part 1: Concepts and techniques; 4.1 The pre-history of PR in Britain; 4.2. The institutional and conceptual core of Victorian PR; 5. Diversity with democracy? Proportional representation, Part 2: The debate on PR's moral and political effects; 5.1. The moral benefits of PR; 5.2. Millian rebuttals: the local constituency and the threat of stagnation; 5.3. The problem of parties; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.

Gregory Conti is Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University, New Jersey. He has written numerous articles about the history of liberalism and democratic theory, with a special focus on questions of representation and freedom of speech. He has served as a research fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge.

'In Parliament the Mirror of the Nation: Representation, Deliberation, and Democracy in Victorian Britain, Gregory Conti guides us through this Victorian conversation with skill and erudition.' Philip Harling, Victorian Studies

• Acknowledgments; Notes on the text; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Diversity without democracy, the theory of the variety of suffrages, Part 1: Institutions and sociologies; 1.1. Mirroring and electoral diversity before the First Reform Act; 1.2. Institutions and Sociologies; 1.3. The Decline of the variety of suffrages; 2. Diversity without democracy, the theory of the variety of suffrages, Part 2: Values and criticisms; 2.1. Justice; 2.2 The rule of public opinion; 2.3. Deliberation; 2.4. Stability; 3. Democracy, diversity, and contestability: democracy against the variety of suffrages; 3.1. Diverse democracy; 3.2. Radical or undescriptive democracy; 4. Diversity with democracy? Proportional representation, Part 1: Concepts and techniques; 4.1 The pre-history of PR in Britain; 4.2. The institutional and conceptual core of Victorian PR; 5. Diversity with democracy? Proportional representation, Part 2: The debate on PR's moral and political effects; 5.1. The moral benefits of PR; 5.2. Millian rebuttals: the local constituency and the threat of stagnation; 5.3. The problem of parties; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.