The first critics 1820-1857; Thomas Hare and John Stuart Mill; the first campaign - part I, 1859-1883; early objections; the first campaign - part II, 1884-1904; school boards, local government and home rule, 1885-1904; the second campaign, 1905-1914; the Speaker's conference and the representation of the People Bill, 1916-1929; the Labour Government and the alternative vote, 1929-1931; 1931-1945 - barren years; conclusion; postscript, 1945-1990.
The first scholarly history of proportional representation
'Janifer Hart's book is a historical tract for the times, which
will help inform the continuing debate on what we might learn to
call 'fair voting'.'
Philip Williamson, The Political Quarterly, Volume 63, No. 4,
October-December 1992
`It is rare for a book to deserve the word "definitive", but
Jenifer Hart's history of the advocacy of proportional
representation earns the description. She has written a very
thorough, painstaking account of the many attempts top convince the
British people and the British Parliament that
'the-first-past-the-post' method of determining the winner of an
election is not consistent with democracy.'
Utilitas, Vol. 5, No. 2, November 1993
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