the accidental republic
Post on 08-Feb-2017
63 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
a case study in history & democracy
The
Accidental Republic
by David H. Montgomery
dhmontgomery.com
@dhmontgomery
1/10/2017
How does democracy emerge?
The people are revolting
France’s governments,
1771-1871 o Absolute monarchy
o Constitutional monarchy
o Republic
o Republican dictatorship
o Empire
o Conservative monarchy
o Empire
o Conservative monarchy
o Liberal monarchy
o Republic
o Empire
Long live the king?
Long live the kings?
Légitimist and Orléanist
Henri, Count of Chambord
Légitimist (Bourbon) claimant
Philippe, Count of Paris
Orléanist claimant
Fusion or fission
All that for a napkin
Things fall apart
Meanwhile on the left
Learning from the past
Adolphe Thiers Léon Gambetta
Dénouement
Lessons
Compromise
Process vs. policy
Custom
Divisions change but endure
To learn more
In essay form: dhmontgomery.com/2015/03/the-
accidental-republic
Books:
Frederick Brown, For the Soul of France: Culture Wars
in the Age of Dreyfus (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010)
René Rémond, The Right Wing in France: From 1815 to
De Gaulle, trans. James M. Laux (Philadelphia:
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1969)
Mike Rapport, 1848: Year of Revolution (New York:
Basic Books, 2009)
Graphs made with R & ggplot using Wikipedia data
top related