Reform
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- The 1832 Reform Act: Concession or genuine desire for democracy?
- Concession to prevent revolution
- Anthony Wood
- In favour of the opinion that the main factor that influenced the passing of the Reform Bill was the threat of revolution
- Mention of October 1831, when Britain came so close to violent revolution.
- Nottingham - castle belonging to the Duke of Newcastle was burnt
- Derby - Prison broken into and prisoners released
- Bristol - Mobs set fire to the jails, the town halls and the bishop's palace
- Bruce Morrison
- Elites make concessions to improve democracy when faced with the threat of revolution
- 1829 - emergence of popular reform organisations
- Revolutionary movements in Europe, especially France in by 1830
- Necessary to pass reform as previously 'skittish' reform groups now gained confidence seeing the impacts across England and Europe of small-scale riots.
- Anthony Wood
- Improving democracy
- John A Phillip and Wetherel
- Tories embraced the reforms as a step towards better representation and an aversion of an ugly political system
- The previous electoral system only gave the vote-holders little more than a theoretical voice in parliament.
- Not so much a concession, the revolutions influenced the passing of the bill as the king felt it necessary to create more peers.
- Without this, the Lords may have continued to vote the bill down, despite the 'threat' of revolution
- Long term changes and shifts in democratic attitudes as a result.
- Trygve R. Tholfsen
- Far from revolting against the elites, the working class began to build a relationship with the other classes and provided an important social role.
- The Reform Bills 'gradually democratised a long established system of representativegovernment'
- John A Phillip and Wetherel
- D.G. Wright
- Some elements of revolution were present, however, most of this violence was non-political
- Benthamite radicals would suggest to the government that the public were ready to revolt, but were in fact fairly ignorant.
- Peel believed these smaller reforms would lead to more drastic reform, which would 'inevitably culminate in democracy'
- Concession to prevent revolution
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