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Scholars of legislative politics often note the many differences between the British House of Commons and the United States House of Representatives. These include differences in party strength, members' partisan loyalty on votes, and general institutional structure. Because of these differences, scholars have rarely compared these chambers directly. This Element aims to do precisely that. The authors point out the many similar motivations of members in both chambers, and leverage these similar motivations to theorize that member ideology, as well as how party agenda interact to produce party disloyalty. Using data on legislative voting following changes in agenda control, the authors demonstrate that ideological extremists in both the US and UK use party disloyalty to connect with ideologically extreme constituents. The similarities in patterns across these chambers suggest that legislative scholars have much to gain by considering the commonalities across American and British politics, and in general, by thinking more frequently about US legislative politics in a comparative context.

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The definitive and revealing account of the extraordinary parliamentary battle over Brexit and what it means for British democracy.

Political science. --- Great Britain --- Politics and government --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Great Britain. --- Conservative Party (Great Britain) --- European Union --- E.U. --- Conservative and Unionist Party (Great Britain) --- Conservative Party (Gt. Brit.) --- Tory Party (Great Britain) --- Scottish Unionist Party --- Liberal Unionist Party (Great Britain) --- House of Commons (Great Britain) --- England and Wales.

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This expansive history of the origins of majority rule in modern representative government charts the emergence of majority voting as a global standard for decision-making in popular assemblies. Majority votes had, of course, been held prior to 1642, but not since antiquity had they been held with any frequency by a popular assembly with responsibility for the fate of a nation. The crucial moment in the global triumph of majority rule was its embrace by the elected assemblies of early modern Britain and its empire. William J. Bulman analyzes its sudden appearance in the English House of Commons and its adoption by the elected assemblies of Britain's Atlantic colonies in the age of the English, Glorious, and American Revolutions. These events made it overwhelmingly likely that the United Kingdom, the United States, and their former dependencies would become and remain fundamentally majoritarian polities. Providing an insightful commentary on the state of democratic governance today, this study sheds light on the nature, promise, and perils of majority rule.

Representative government and representation --- Legislative bodies --- Parliamentary practice --- Democracy --- Majorities. --- History. --- Great Britain. --- Great Britain --- Colonies --- Administration. --- Politics and government --- Elections --- Voting --- Minorities --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Republics --- Legislative procedure --- Order, Rules of --- Parliamentary law --- Parliamentary procedure --- Procedure, Parliamentary --- Rules and practice --- Rules of order --- Debates and debating --- Meetings --- Bicameralism --- Legislatures --- Parliaments --- Unicameral legislatures --- Constitutional law --- Estates (Social orders) --- Parliamentary government --- Political representation --- Representation --- Constitutional history --- Suffrage --- Law and legislation --- House of Commons (Great Britain) --- England and Wales.

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This book both synthesises and advances our present knowledge of field systems in the British Isles. An introduction by the editors outlines the sources and methods of studies of field systems. There then follow twelve chapters concerned with specific areas within the British Isles. The paperback edition will make the book widely available to geographers, historical geographers and economic historians, among whom it is now regarded as a classic.

Land tenure --- Commons --- Agriculture --- History --- -Agriculture --- -Commons --- -Land tenure --- -Agrarian tenure --- Feudal tenure --- Freehold --- Land ownership --- Land question --- Landownership --- Tenure of land --- Land use, Rural --- Real property --- Land, Nationalization of --- Landowners --- Serfdom --- Common lands --- Communal land --- Communal lands --- Public lands --- Marks (Medieval land tenure) --- Natural resources, Communal --- Village communities --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Law and legislation --- Geografie --- History. --- Landschapskunde --- Historische geografie --- Groot-Brittanië. --- -History --- Land tenure - Great Britain - History --- Land tenure - Ireland - History --- Commons - Great Britain - History --- Commons - Ireland - History --- Agriculture - Great Britain - History --- Agriculture - Ireland - History --- Iles britanniques --- Systeme agraire