21-580: Bealey is a surname and occasional given name. Notable people with this name include: Frank Bealey (1922–2013), British political scientist Samuel Bealey (1821–1909), British-born politician in Canterbury, New Zealand Herbert Bealey Adshead (1862–1932), British-born farmer, author and politician in Canada Samuel Bealey Harrison (1802–1867), British-born joint premier of
42-426: A picture of how a state works as a mechanism, explained in language designed for the general reader. Finer had hoped that it would be a single volume, but three volumes were published, about 1,700 pages in all. History of Government occupied Finer's retirement years, 1982 to 1993. After a heart attack in 1987, he was only able to complete 34 out of the projected 36 chapters; the missing two chapters would have been on
63-485: A trustee of the Jan Hus Educational Foundation set up prior to the 1989 Czechoslovak Velvet Revolution to organise clandestine seminars for dissidents, with speakers from West European Universities. He went to Czechoslovakia in the summer of 1984 (under the disguise of being a tourist) smuggling in materials and various spare parts for word processors and also to give clandestine lectures on
84-723: Is the musician Jem Finer ) and one daughter. He died on 9 June 1993, aged 77, leaving a widow, Catherine. (Most of the information in this section is derived from the collection-level description of the Samuel Finer Papers on the Archives Hub of the University of Manchester Special Collection. ) Finer's magnum opus, The History of Government from the Earliest Times , is a comparative analysis of government systems, past and present. Polities covered include
105-1134: The Sumerian city states, the kingdom of Ancient Egypt , the Assyrian Empire , the kingdoms of Israel and Judah , the Persian Empire , the Classical Greek city republics, the republic and empire of Rome , the Chinese Empire under the Han , the Tang , the Ming and the Qing , the Byzantine Empire , the Arab Caliphate , Mamluk Egypt, the European feudal kingdoms (including the emergence of representative assemblies ),
126-600: The United States , his achievement was, according to Finer, an early source of inspiration. Finer went to Holloway School , where he won a scholarship to Trinity College, Oxford . He obtained a double first in modern history and 'modern Greats ' ( PPE ). After this, he began researching Sir Edwin Chadwick , a Benthamite civil servant. During World War II he served in the Royal Signals , where he attained
147-548: The 12th November 1942 during Operation Torch. Bealey was de-mobbed in January 1946, entering a term late at The London School of Economics (LSE), and graduating with a First Class Honours degree in government (Political Science) in 1948. After gaining his degree, he obtained a one-year British Council scholarship as a Finnish Government Scholar at the University of Helsinki , where he was also asked to teach temporarily at
168-459: The European monarchies, and industrialisation . The conceptual prologue includes a classification of government systems in terms of combinations of four elements: Palace (monarchy), Forum (democracy), Church (organised religion) and Nobility. Government is not analysed in isolation but explained in the context of economics, technology, agriculture, geography, religion, law, warfare, etc. – giving
189-771: The Italian Mediaeval/Renaissance city republics (e.g. Florence and Venice ), Tokugawa Japan , the Ottoman Empire , the Mughal Empire , and the modern state as it emerged in Europe, including themes of absolute versus parliamentary monarchy , the transplantation of European state models overseas, the Age of Enlightenment , the American and French revolutions, the constitutionalisation of
210-513: The Province of Canada See also [ edit ] Bealey River , in Canterbury, NZ, named after Samuel Bealey; there was a settlement named Bealey by this river Bealeyia , a genus of spiders Beale Beeley (surname) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Bealey . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
231-657: The Swedish and Finnish Universities of Abo/Turku. On his return to the United Kingdom he worked as a research assistant for the Passfield Trust through the support of the then head of Department of Government at LSE, Harold Laski . His task was to analyse the policies and ideas of Labour Party leaders, and produce a collection of documents illustrating the history of the party from its foundation in 1900 until 1950. Due to Laski's untimely death in 1950 this research
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#1732791383867252-555: The developments of Western political thought to dissidents, and he did this again in the spring of 1989. After the Velvet Revolution, he applied for and set up and co-ordinated an EU TEMPUS scheme (JEP 0276), which was concerned with the rehabilitation of higher education in post-Communist Europe. Samuel Finer Samuel Edward Finer FBA (22 September 1915 – 9 June 1993) was a British political scientist and historian specializing in comparative politics , who
273-431: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bealey&oldid=1241490725 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Frank Bealey Frank William Bealey (31 August 1922 – 18 January 2013) was a British political scientist who
294-402: The position of professor of politics (the first occupant of this chair) at the University of Aberdeen , later to become Department of Politics and International Relations, where he remained for 26 years finally retiring in 1990 and becoming emeritus professor of politics and international relations. In retirement, Bealey moved to Edinburgh , where he died on 18 January 2013. In 1981 he became
315-509: The rank of captain. From 1946 to 1950, he taught politics at Balliol College, Oxford , acquiring an impressive reputation as a teacher and lecturer. From 1950 to 1966 he served as Professor of Political Institutions at the new University College of North Staffordshire (now Keele University ). In 1966, he became head of the Department of Government at the University of Manchester , teaching Government and generally successfully contributing to
336-431: The revival of the department's reputation. In 1974, he was made Gladstone Professor of Government at All Souls College . He retired from this post in 1982, but continued writing – see History of Government below. He has been described as a charismatic lecturer and a very effective administrator. He believed that the academic study of politics required a firm grounding in history, and was sceptical of attempts to convert
357-663: The subject into a science based on such deterministic frameworks as Marxism and behavioralism . He was chairman of the Political Studies Association of the UK from 1965 to 1969 and was a vice-president of the International Political Science Association . Samuel Finer was a passionate liberal democrat and supporter of the causes of electoral reform and Zionism . He was twice married and had two sons (one of whom
378-456: The youngest of six children, was born 22 September 1915 to Romanian - Jewish immigrant parents who had emigrated to the United Kingdom, and who ran a greengrocer's stall at Chapel Street market, Islington . His parents were killed in London in January 1945 by V-2 rockets . One of his brothers, Herman Finer , was also a distinguished political scientist and writer. Although Herman emigrated to
399-586: Was a pioneering founder of the academic study of politics and was a campaigner for democracy in Eastern Europe. Born in Bilston , Bealey was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Stourbridge , and during World War II, he served in the Royal Navy 1941–1946, serving on several ships, including HMS Marne and HMS Tortola , experiencing Arctic Convoys on both. He survived HMS Marne's torpedoing on
420-513: Was instrumental in advancing political studies as an academic subject in the United Kingdom , pioneering the study of UK political institutions. His most notable work is The History of Government from the Earliest Times – a three-volume comparative analysis of all significant government systems. He was also a major contributor to the study of civil–military relations with the publication of his book, The Man on Horseback . Samuel Finer,
441-645: Was not published until much later, as The Social and Political Ideas of the British Labour Party (1970). In 1951 to 1952 he was extra mural lecturer at the University of Manchester , thereafter moving to the University of North Staffordshire (later to become Keele University). Here he spent twelve years as assistant lecturer, lecturer and then senior lecturer in the Department of Political Institutions. Among his colleagues were notable pioneers of political science such as Samuel Finer , Hugh Berrington, Alan Angell and Jean Blondel . In 1964, he took up
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