The consequences of Gregory Conti’s parliament the mirror of the nation

Macleod, Christopher (2023) The consequences of Gregory Conti’s parliament the mirror of the nation. History of European Ideas, 49 (1). pp. 160-162. ISSN 0191-6599

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Abstract

In this review of Gregory Conti's Parliament the Mirror of the Nation, I offer an outline of what I take to the thesis of that work: that during the mid-Victorian period, mirroring was a key goal of representation, which dominated and framed discussions of post-1832 debates on parliamentary reform. I focus, in particular, on the teleological orientation of the arguments that Conti uncovers in his systematic reconstruction of debates that Conti offers.