The French Revolution and the birth of electoral democracy

The French Revolution and the birth of electoral democracy

Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Edelstein, Melvin Allen (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham [u.a.] : Ashgate, c 2014
Schlagworte:Elections Suffrage Democracy Republicanism Frankreich Französische Revolution Politische Beteiligung Wahl Geschichte 1790-1795
Umfang:XIV, 365 S.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • The elections to the estates generalSubjects into citizens
  • The first municipal elections
  • The first cantonal elections
  • The emergence of a new political elite in 1790
  • Revolutionary electoral culture and the dynamics of voting in assemblies
  • Elections of the justices of the peace
  • The elections of June 1791 for the first National Legislature
  • The elections of June and August-September 1791 and the renewal of the political personnel
  • The establishment of the First French Republic
  • Ratification of the constitutions of 1793 and 1795
  • The transformation of electoral politics in the directory and Napoleonic periods
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix I: Turnout in the vote for the mayors of the department capitals in the first municipal elections of 1790
  • Appendix Ii: Turnout in the vote for the mayors of the department capitals in november 1791.
  • Includes index