Representative and Responsible Government

A. H. Birch was Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Victoria, BC, Canada.

Part 1: Introduction 1. Representative and Responsibility in Politics Part 2: The Traditional Doctrines 2. Tory and Whig Attitudes to Representation 3. The Early Radicals 4. Parliamentary Reform and Victorian Liberalism 5. The Liberal View of the Constitution Part 3: Collectivism and the Theory of Representation 6. Doctrines of Class Conflict 7. The idealist View of Politics 8. Theories of Group Representation 9. Party Democracy Part 4: Responsibility in British Politics 10. Collective Responsibility 11. Individual Responsibility 12. The Parliamentary Watchdog 13. Responsible Government Reconsidered Part 5: The Public and the Government 14. The Nature of Public Opinion 15. Channels of Communication 16. Opinions and Policies Part 6: Conclusions 17. Representative and Responsible Government in Britain.