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When the French tried to be British : party, opposition, and the quest for civil disagreement, 1814-1848 / J.A.W. Gunn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gunn, J. A. W. (John Alexander Wilson), 1937-
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 46.
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 46
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--France.
- Political science.
- France--Politics and government--1814-1830.
- France.
- France--Politics and government--1830-1848.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic text (498 p.) : digital file.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In When the French Tried to Be British, J.A.W. Gunn studies the French effort during 1814 to 1848 to adopt the set of common understandings that lent a comparative stability to British government. The institutions of a loyal opposition and disciplined political parties seemed to be implicit in the parliamentary model, but their acceptance foundered on French reluctance to accord legitimacy to political opponents. A sophisticated minority - including such major figures as Chateaubriand, Constant, Mme de Staël, and Guizot - recognized the need for something approaching the British political culture, but the wounds opened by the Revolution could not readily be healed. A more or less complete acceptance of the civil disagreement that was the spirit of the British model had to await the Fifth Republic.
- Contents:
- 1. Conflict and Its Management in the French Tradition: Pre-revolutionary Perspectives
- 2. Against Party: The Burden of the Past
- 3. Honourable Connections: Ultra-Royalism and Party Government
- 4. Fievee: Paradoxes by Instalment
- 5. Constant and Company: An Almost-Loyal Opposition
- 6. Chateaubriand: The Literary Lion as Political Theorist
- 7. Doctrinaires: Politics of the Chair.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612867637
- 9780773582248
- 077358224X
- 9781282867635
- 1282867636
- 9780773577183
- 0773577181
- OCLC:
- 923235226
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