Why did a revolution never take place in England in the 19th century? Historians see the striking stability of English society as a two-pronged problem: Early on there arose a workers’ movement in England that, together with the Liberals, sought reforms and even harbored revolutionary ideas. Although the general public was radicalized as early as 1815, a revolution never took place, and the workers’ organizations developed later than in other European countries. Over the last 20 years this contradiction has usually be explained as a result of the complexity of the social and political identity in the lower classes. Reference is also made to the long-dominant tradition of English Liberalism and Radicalism, which shaped the reform movements of the working class.weiterlesen