"Merciful release" : the history of the British euthanasia movement

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"Merciful release" : the history of the British euthanasia movement

N.D.A. Kemp

Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-235) and index.

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巻冊次

: hard ISBN 9780719061233

内容説明

This study of the British euthanasia movement examines the delicate interplay of medicine, politics, philosophical debate, public opinion and the fluctuating fortunes of the euthanasia movement. It considers such diverse issues as eugenics, psychiatry, mental deficiency, sterilisation, the impact of the world wars and the Nazi "euthanasia" programme, and mercy-killing for the mentally incompetent. The author puts forward a convincing explanation of the persistent failure of attempts to legalise euthanasia and draws upon archival material and periodical literature.

目次

  • The "euthanasia" debate of the 1870s - the controversy launched
  • "Euthanasia" and the medical profession
  • The missing link - discussion of mercy-killing, 1910-30
  • The attempt to legalise voluntary euthanasia, 1931-6
  • "Euthanasia" and mental defectives - the British euthanasia movement and the impact of the Nazi euthanasia programme, 1936-50
  • The 1950s - a difficult decade
  • The 1960s - quality versus quantity.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780719061240

内容説明

The Labour government elected in 1997 pledged to reform the Westminster parliament by modernising the House of Commons and removing the hereditary peers from the House of Lords. Events have consequently demonstrated the deep controversy that accompanies such attempts at institutional reconfiguration, and have highlighted the shifting fault lines in executive-legislative relations in the UK, as well as the deep complexities surrounding British constitutional politics. The story of parliamentary reform is about the nature of the British political system, about how the government seeks to expand its control over parliament, and about how parliament discharges its duty to scrutinise the executive and hold it to account. This book, available in paperback for the first time, charts the course of Westminster reform since 1997, but does so by placing it in the context of parliamentary reform pursued in the past, and thus adopts a historical perspective which lends it considerable analytical value. Significantly, the book examines parliamentary reform through the lens of institutional theory, in order not only to describe reform but also to interpret and explain it. It also draws on extensive interviews conducted with MPs and peers involved in the reform of parliament since 1997, thus offering a unique insight into how these political actors perceived the reform process in which they played a part. Parliamentary reform at Westminster, now available in paperback, provides a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the trajectory and outcome of the reform of parliament, along with an incisive interpretation of the implications for our understanding of British politics. -- .

目次

  • The "euthanasia" debate of the 1870s - the controversy launched
  • "Euthanasia" and the medical profession
  • The missing link - discussion of mercy-killing, 1910-30
  • The attempt to legalise voluntary euthanasia, 1931-6
  • "Euthanasia" and mental defectives - the British euthanasia movement and the impact of the Nazi euthanasia programme, 1936-50
  • The 1950s - a difficult decade
  • The 1960s - quality versus quantity.

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