The governments of Europe

Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. x, 775 pages 23 cm Part I. Government and politics of Great Britain and Ireland. Foundations of the constitution -- The constitution in reconstruction, 1485-1689 -- Constitutional development since the seventeenth century -- The constitution and the government -- The crown -- The ministers and the administrative system -- The cabinet -- Parliament: The House of Commons -- Parliament: The House of Lords -- Parliamentary organization -- Parliamentary functions and procedure: the cabinet system -- Law and justice -- Local government -- Political parties since the eighteenth century -- The major parties: composition and organization -- Minor parties: Labor in politics and Irish home rule -- Miscellaneous party issues -- Party politics since 1914 -- Greater Britain: the self-governing colonies Part II. Governments and politics of continental states. 1. France. The rise of constitutional government -- The constitution of the Third Republic -- The president and the ministers -- The structure of parliament -- The parliamentary system -- Law and justice -- Local government and administration -- Political parties 2. Italy. Constitutional development in the nineteenth century -- The governmental system -- Parties and politics 3. Switzerland. The constitutional system -- Government in the cantons -- The federal government 4. Germany. The Hohenzollern empire and its constitution -- The imperial German government -- The Prussian government before the Great War -- Political forces and party alignments to 1914 -- The war-time movement for political reform and the revolution of 1918 -- The republican constitution 5. Russia. The Soviet Republic and its government Includes bibliographical references and index commitment to retain 20151204