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Irish Potatoes and British Politics: Interests, Ideology, Heresthetic and the Repeal of the Corn Laws

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  • Iain McLean
  • Camilla Bustani

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The Repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 remains one of the most fascinating events in the history of political economy. A parliament securely controlled by the party of agriculture, which was the main beneficiary of protection, abolished protection. Explanations have included the hegemony of Manchester School economics; class conflict; the effectiveness of the Anti‐Corn Law League; the personality of Sir Robert Peel; and evangelical religion. We aim to see why the standard ideas from political economy (Chicago and/or Virginia) seem to fit our case so poorly. We use the Aydelotte dataset on rollcalls in the Parliament of 1841–7, augmented from primary sources, and the letters and memoranda of the principal actors.

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  • Iain McLean & Camilla Bustani, 1999. "Irish Potatoes and British Politics: Interests, Ideology, Heresthetic and the Repeal of the Corn Laws," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 47(5), pages 817-836, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:polstu:v:47:y:1999:i:5:p:817-836
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.00232
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    1. Crafts, Nicholas, 2011. "Explaining the first Industrial Revolution: two views," European Review of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 15(1), pages 153-168, April.
    2. Cousins, Mel, 2011. "The Voting Behaviour of the Irish parliamentary party on social issues in the House of Commons 1881-90," MPRA Paper 30102, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Iain McLean, 2010. "Political Science and History: Friends and Neighbours," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 58(2), pages 354-367, March.
    4. VAN DIJCK, Maarten & TRUYTS, Tom, 2014. "The agricultural invasion and the political economy of agricultural trade policy in Belgium, 1875-1900," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 2014002, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    5. Lee Epstein & Olga Shvetsova, 2002. "Heresthetical Maneuvering on the US Supreme Court," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 14(1), pages 93-122, January.

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