The Centre and the Localities: State Formation and Parish Government in England, Circa 1640-1740 Export

@article{citeulike:503635, abstract = {Recent studies have challenged older views that the British state of the later seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries was rather powerless. However, such studies have focused largely on the executive, and particularly on the development of centralized revenue departments, or on the role of county elites in implementing state policies in the localities. This essay considers state formation as it was manifested at the base of the governmental system, and examines the extent of, and reasons for, support of national policies at the parish level. It argues that state power derived in part from institutional changes and innovations in procedure which made government in the localities more uniform, more professional, and more accountable; but that initiatives by parish vestries and a willingness on the part of such local elites to implement national policies also help to explain the strength of the state.}, author = {Kent, Joan R.}, citeulike-article-id = {503635}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2639988}, journal = {The Historical Journal}, keywords = {c17th, c18th, government, history}, number = {2}, pages = {363--404}, posted-at = {2006-02-13 09:53:03}, priority = {3}, title = {The Centre and the Localities: State Formation and Parish Government in England, Circa 1640-1740}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2639988}, volume = {38}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:503635 L3 - citeulike-article-id:503635 N2 - Recent studies have challenged older views that the British state of the later seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries was rather powerless. However, such studies have focused largely on the executive, and particularly on the development of centralized revenue departments, or on the role of county elites in implementing state policies in the localities. This essay considers state formation as it was manifested at the base of the governmental system, and examines the extent of, and reasons for, support of national policies at the parish level. It argues that state power derived in part from institutional changes and innovations in procedure which made government in the localities more uniform, more professional, and more accountable; but that initiatives by parish vestries and a willingness on the part of such local elites to implement national policies also help to explain the strength of the state. IS - 2 JF - The Historical Journal EP - 404 TI - The Centre and the Localities: State Formation and Parish Government in England, Circa 1640-1740 VL - 38 SP - 363 KW - c17th KW - c18th KW - government KW - history AU - Kent, Joan PY - 1995/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/2639988 ER -