Elections before Democracy: The History of Elections in Europe and Latin America

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This book looks at various aspects of electoral history in Europe and Latin America, from the late 17th century to 1930, including electoral culture and traditions, electoral participation, electoral fraud, the role of elections in the process of nation-building, and the role of important institutions, such as the Church, in shaping political values and therefore electoral behaviour. There are chapters devoted to the individual experiences of England, Mexico, Ecuador, Ireland, Germany, Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Spain. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction: Elections Before Democracy: Some Considerations on Electoral History from a Comparative Approach....Pages 1-15 The Culture of Elections in England: From the Glorious Revolution to the First World War, 1688–1914....Pages 17-31 The Hispanic Revolutions: The Adoption of Modern forms of Representation in Spain and America (1808–1810)....Pages 33-60 The Ballot, Land and Sovereignty: Cádiz and the Origins of Mexican Local Government, 1812–1820....Pages 61-86 The Electoral Reforms of 1861 in Ecuador and the Rise of a New Political Order....Pages 87-115 Priests at the Hustings: Ecclesiastical Electioneering in Nineteenth-Century Ireland....Pages 117-138 Clerical Election Influence and Communal Solidarity: Catholic Political Culture in the German Empire, 1871–1914....Pages 139-162 The Role of the Church, The Army and the Police in Colombian Elections, c. 1850–1930....Pages 163-180 Voting in Buenos Aires (Argentina) Before 1912....Pages 181-199 Fraud and the Passivity of the Electorate in Spain, 1875–1923....Pages 201-221 Building Aspects of Democracy Before Democracy: Electoral Practices in Nineteenth Century Chile....Pages 223-257 Back Matter....Pages 259-285