A theory of Bonapartism.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Vahabzadeh, Abdolreza.

Contributor:

Teune, Henry, advisor.

University of Pennsylvania.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

0615.

Penn dissertations--International Relations.

International Relations--Penn dissertations.

Local Subjects:

Penn dissertations--International Relations.

International Relations--Penn dissertations.

0615.

Physical Description:

288 pages

Contained In:

Dissertation Abstracts International 49-02A.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

A theory of Bonapartism based on heuristic case study is developed in this dissertation. Histories of France, from 1848 to 1870, and Iran, from 1978 to 1985, are studied in chapters 4 and 5 in order to extract the theory. The a priori theory which indicated to choose these two cases was taken from Marx's writings on Louis Bonaparte.

Instrumentalism and formalism of Hilbert, Quine, Sneed, and Stegmuller are described in chapter 1. These are the bases of the writer's philosophical orientation and approach to theories. Chapter 2 contains definitions of the concepts to be used for the construction of the theory. Chapter 3 summarizes the works of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, and others on Bonapartism.

The theory is presented in chapter 6. Bonapartism as a regime develops when there are crises in the society, disorganization of the bourgeois and proletarian parties, and activation of the petty bourgeoisie. The regime comes to power by appealing to the petty bourgeoisie and other classes by pretending to be above classes. It maintains itself in power by conducting an adventurist foreign policy, appealing to the right and left, relying on the bureaucracy and capitalists, and creating disunity among its enemies.

The theory is applied to France and Iran in chapter 7. Some predictions are made for the Iranian case. The prediction with the highest probability is that the regime would become more liberal. The same process was evident in the Second Empire. Chapter 8 discusses the applicability of the theory to other countries and compares the Iranian regime to the fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. The dissertation concludes that Bonapartist regime is a rare phenomenon.

Notes:

Thesis (Ph.D. in International Relations)--Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 1987.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-02, Section: A, page: 0337.

Supervisor: Henry Teune.

Local Notes:

School code: 0175.

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