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When the French Tried to be British
Party, Opposition, and the Quest for Civil Disagreement, 1814-1848
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When the French Tried to be British
Party, Opposition, and the Quest for Civil Disagreement, 1814-1848
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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.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- History of Ideas
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 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 Fiévée: 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
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Footnotes