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How far do you agree that the transition from meritocracy to democracy between 1832 and 1932 was the result of pressure from below and timely concession from above?
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How far do you agree that the transition from meritocracy to democracy between 1832 and 1932 was the result of pressure from below and timely concession from above? The move towards democracy may have been helped along by popular pressure, the coming together of groups in society for a political cause but as to whether it was the main driving force for concessions by Parliament, is a different matter. There are two types of pressure, the first being moral forces, which is those that use peaceful protest to get their views heard, the second grouping physical forces used other methods such as violence to put their point across, as they believed it to be the only way that worked. There are other factors that may have had an impact that should be considered also, such as the war. The physical forces within the Chartist movement (1837 to 1848) and the Suffragettes movement...
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