Malcolm Crook

Elections in the French Revolution

An Apprenticeship in Democracy, 1789 1799

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An exploration of the role of elections in the French Revolution based on extensive research in different regions of France.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780521890977
• ISBN-10: 0521890977
• Artikelnr.: 21601899

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Subjects to citizens? The elections to the Estates General and the Revolution
2. The limits of citizenship: the Franchise question, 1789-91
3. Biting on the ballot: from enthusiasm to abstention, 1790-1
4. One man one vote? The experiment with electoral democracy in 1792
5. Voting the constitution: the referenda of 1793 and 1795
6. Parties, schisms and purges: elections under the Directory, 1795-9
7. An invisible aristocracy? The departmental assemblies and the emergence of a new political class
Conclusion.