Parliament, Factions and Parties: The First Thirty Years of Responisble Government in New South Wales, 1856-1889

207pp. Indexed. Red cloth boards. 8vo. Neat and clean throughout. Dust jacket is scuffed where price label has been hastily removed, else very good. The authors discuss the liberal-conversative division which characterised the mid 19th century and laid the foundations for the emergence of the subsequent faction system. The book also traces the development of collective cabinet responsibility and offer theories for the break down of the faction system. A particularly useful text for students of political science and Australian history.