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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954734403321

Autore

Gunn J. A. W (John Alexander Wilson), <1937->

Titolo

When the French tried to be British : party, opposition, and the quest for civil disagreement, 1814-1848 / / J.A.W. Gunn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009

ISBN

9786612867637

9780773582248

077358224X

9781282867635

1282867636

9780773577183

0773577181

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic text (498 p.) : digital file

Collana

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; ; 46

Disciplina

320.944/09034

Soggetti

Political science - France

France Politics and government 1814-1830

France Politics and government 1830-1848

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 Staƫl, 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.