...typical parliamentary group. When Burke, in the Thoughts on the Present Discontents, defined party as "a body of men united for promoting by their joint...particular principle in which they are all agreed," he seems to have had something rather different in mind. 19 Modern students of party, in fact, when...

...parliament with respect to government policy (Sartori l976, l0l, Burke defined a political party as "a body of men united, for promoting by their joint...particular principle in which they are all agreed" (as quoted in Sartori l976, 9l, By recognizing a particular principle as the basis for a political...

...organization with both mass- and elite-level participation by members who hold a common doctrine dear: "Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed" (Edmund...

...2: 242). "Party," he said there, "is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed" (Works 2: 335; cf. Corr. 8: 39). The result of accepting this definition as the basis of ministries...

...confidence, who were not bound together by common opinions, common affections, and common interests. . . . Party is a body of men united for promoting by their...particular principle in which they are all agreed. For my part, I find it impossible to conceive, that any one believes in his own politics, or thinks...

...long debate followed but no action was taken on his motion. should be conducted by political parties, "a body of men united for promoting by their joint...particular principle in which they are all agreed." 40 However, he warned that clandestine royal influence over the House of Commons must be eliminated...

...advantageseeking individuals and interests, and more than its leaders. Instead it must be, as Burke described it, "a body of men united, for promoting by their joint...upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed."35 In rejecting the corn laws, Peel rejected the "particular principle" upon which he came...

...from scholars, common wisdom has endured. Here, I will argue that Edmund Burke's notion of party - "a body of men united for promoting by their joint...particular principle in which they are all agreed" - is in need of resuscitation, if only as a heuristic device. 9 If we do not treat the parties as purposive...

...distinguished from its degenerate form of 'faction' by the fact that party activities endeavour to promote 'the national interest upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed'. Factions are akin to partial or incomplete parties which is illustrated by the fact that their primary...

...would help organize the nation's diverse interests for purposes of developing public policy: ."[A] party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interests, upon some particular principle in which they all agree."4 In short, he viewed parties as...