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"The idea of the centralized state has played a powerful role in shaping French republicanism. But for two hundred years, many have tried to find other ways of being French and Republican. These essays challenge the traditional account, bringing together new insights from leading scholars"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Pluralist History of France? / H.S. Jones
• pt. I Idea of the Plural Republic
• 2. Liberal Republicanism after the Terror: Charles-Guillaume Theremin and Germaine de Stael / Andrew Jainchill
• 3. Liberal Pluralism in the Early Nineteenth Century: Benjamin Constant and Germaine de Stael / K. Steven Vincent
• 4. Si range Liberalism: Freedom and Aristocracy in French Political Thought / Annelien de Dijn
• 5. P.-J. Proudhon: Pluralism, Justice and Society / Georges Navet
• 6. Pluralism's Political Conditions: Social Realism and the Revolutionary Tradition in Pierre Leroux, P.-J. Proudhon and Alfred Fouillee / Michael C. Behrent
• 7. Uptopian Pluralism in Twentieth-Century France / Joshua Humphreys
• pt. II Plural Republic
• 8. Electoral Antipluralism and Electoral Pluralism in France, from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1914 / Nicolas Roussellier
• 9. Associations and Political Pluralism: The Effects of the Law of 1901 / Magali della Sudda
• 10. Vision and Reality: Joseph Paul-Boncour and Third Republic Pluralism / Julian Wright
• 11. Regionalism, Federalism and Internationalism in First World War France / Carl Bouchard
• 12. State Sovereignty in Question: The French Jurists between the Reorganization of the International System and European Regionalism, 1920-1950 / Jean-Michel Guieu
• 13. Pluralism, Parliament and the Possibility of a Senat federateur, 1940-1969 / Paul Smith
• 14. Epilogue: French Politics, History, and a New Perspective on the Jacobin State / Alain Chatriot.

Contributors:

Wright, N. J. G.

Jones, H. S. (H. Stuart)

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Cultural pluralism — Political aspects — France — History

Republicanism — France — History

Political culture — France — History

Group identity — Political aspects — France — History

Jacobins — History

France — Politics and government

France — Intellectual life

Political science — France — History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

DC59 .P55 2012eb

ISBNs:

9781137028310 (electronic bk.)
1137028319 (electronic bk.)
9780230272095 (hardback) [Invalid]
0230272096 (hardback) [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: 40021226022

OCLC Numbers:

809799191

Other Control Numbers:

EBC1016622 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp9266766