Hume's Politics: Coordination and Crisis in the History of England

Contents

vii Contents Preface ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Coordination and Convention 21 Chapter 2 Coordinating Interests: The Liberalism of Enlargement 43 Chapter 3 Convention and Allegiance 90 Chapter 4 Crown and Charter: Fundamental Conventions as Principles of Authority 121 Chapter 5 Leadership and Constitutional Crises 157 Chapter 6 Vertical Inequality and the Extortion of Liberty 188 Chapter 7 What Touches All: Equality, Parliamentarism, and Contested Authority 207 Conclusion 227 Notes 249 References 313 Index 327 ...