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1、英语国家概况学期论文TheHistoryofDevelopmentofBritishDemocracy班级:英语N113班姓名:沈晓学号:2011456393038AbstractThehistoryofthedemocracyoftheUnitedKingdomisthehistorythatconsistsofpartypolitics,monarchy,judicialsystem,parliamentarysystem,andcabinetsystem,thehistorythatparliamentgraduallyr
2、eplacedKingtorulethenation,thehistorythattheprinciplewhichcabinetshouldberesponsibletoParliamentproduced,developedandfinallyestablished,thehistorythatpartybeganandgrewinitsinterior,thehistorythatdemocracydefeateddespotismandequalitydefeatedprivilegeconstantly,thehist
3、orythattheUnitedKingdomsocietymakeprogressconstantly.ThewholeprocessofthehistoryisexactlytheprocessthattheUnitedKingdomestablishestheconstitutionalregimeandgraduallyrealizesthedemocratization.Inaword,thepoliticaldemocracyoftheUnitedKingdomwentthroughitsprocessofgesta
4、tion,birth,growthandmaturity.Andwiththisprocess,UnitedKingdom-stylepoliticaldemocracygavetheworlditsuniquenature.Keywords:democracyKnightsofRoundTableMagnaCartaCivilWartheBillofRightsParliamentaryReformof18328Britainisarguablytheoldestrepresentativedemocracyintheworl
5、d,withrootsthatcanbetracedoverathousandyears.Othercountriesalsohavelongpoliticalhistoriesbutthesehistoriesaremarkedbyperiodsofsudden,andoftenviolent,change.AlthoughBritaintoohashaditsperiodsofpoliticalinstability,incontrasttosay,FranceortheUnitedState,theprocessofsta
6、te-buildinghasbeenoneofevolutionratherthanrevolution.Thislong,unbrokenhistoryisstillapparentinBritain’scurrentpoliticalinstitutionsandinitspoliticalculture.KnightsofRoundTableRoundtableisthemeaningof"equality"and"solidarity".TherewasalegendthatKingArthur’sknightshadr
7、eached150up.Theknightsfoughtonthebattlefieldanddiscussedthedomesticaffairsinroundtable.Whenroundtablewasheld,KingArthurwasaroundthebigroundtablewiththe30knights,sittinginacircled.Atthispoint,theywereequal,nodifferenceofkingandknights.Theycouldspeakfreely,adoptingthep
8、rinciplethatminoritymustobeythemajoritywhendealingwithnationalaffairs.Thoughtheywouldformsomefactionsbecauseofopposingpoliticalview