France in the mid-nineteenth century was shaken by a surge of civic activism, the "resurrection of civil society." But unlike similar developments throughout Europe, this civic mobilization culminated in the establishment of democratic institutions. How, Philip Nord asks, did Fr…
France in the mid-nineteenth century was shaken by a surge of civic activism, the "resurrection of civil society" But unlike similar developments throughout Europe, this civic mobilization culminated in the establishment of democratic institutions. How, Philip Nord asks, did Fra…
France in the mid-nineteenth century was shaken by a surge of civic activism, the "resurrection of civil society." But unlike similar developments throughout Europe, this civic mobilization culminated in the establishment of democratic institutions. How, Philip Nord asks, did Fr…
Bringing together historians and political scientists, this collaboration compares 19th century civil societies that failed to develop lasting democracies with civil societies that succeeded.
