Artikel
Elite women, social politics, and the political world of late eighteenth-century England
Verfasst von:
Chalus, Elaine
in:
Cambridge [u.a.]:
2000
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669 - 697 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Chalus, Elaine |
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| Jahr: | 2000 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Political hsitorians have recognized that politics and high society interacted in eighteenth-century England; and most would alos recognize the presence of elite women in the social world of politicians. These assumptions have not, however, been subjected to much security. this article takes the social aspects of politics seriously and aims to provide an introduction to social politics - the management of people and social situations for political ends - and, specifically, to the involvement of women therin. Politics in eighteenth-century England was not just about parliament and politicians; it also had a social dimension. By expanding our understanding of politics to include social politics, we not only reintefrate women into the political world but we also reveal them to have been legitimalte political actors, albeit on a non-parliamentary stage, where they played a vital part in creating and sustaining b oth a uniquely politicized society and the political elite itself... | |
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