Statesmanship and Party Government: A Study of Burke and Bolingbroke

by Harvey Mansfield Jr.

Book Overview

In this incisive look at early modern views of party politics, Harvey C. Mansfield examines the pamphlet war between Edmund Burke and the followers of Henry St. John, First Viscount Bolingbroke during the mid-eighteenth century. In response to works by Bolingbroke published posthumously, Burke created his most eloquent advocacy of the party system. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the material, Mansfield shows that present-day parties must...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022602217X
• ISBN13: 9780226022178
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"