Revolutionary Republicanism: Participation and Representation in 1848 France

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Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Two Faces of the French Republic
	The 1848 Revolution and the Meaning of the Republic
	Which History of Republicanism?
	The Republic and Its Double
	Notes
	References
1 From One Revolution to Another (1789–1848)
	Ultra-royalist Reaction and the Emergence of the Liberal Movement
	Configurations of the Liberal Movement
	The Theory of Representative Government
	Representative Government in Practice
	The Emergence of the Republican Movement
	Republicans and the Proletariat
	The Association: a Shared Arena for Workers and Republicans
	The Politicisation of Local Elections and the Reformist Movement
	Electoral Reform and the Social Question
	The Banquet Campaign and the Fall of the July Regime
	Notes
	References
2 The February Republic: A Plural System
	Establishment of the Provisional Government
	Restructuring of the National Guard
	Establishment of the Luxembourg Commission
	The Beginnings of the Club Movement
	The Transformation of Citizenship
	The Unrepresentable
	Notes
	References
3 Institutions Under the February Republic: A Bone of Contention
	The Provisional Government: Temporary Administration Or Revolutionary Authority?
	The Parisian National Guard: Law Enforcement Or the Armed People?
	The Luxembourg Commission, ‘Socialist Synagogue’ Or Unprecedented Representation of Labour?
	The Paris Press and Clubs: Conversation Or Collective Action?
	Notes
	References
4 17 March and the Invention of Demonstration
	Towards the 17 March Demonstration
	16 March: the First Reactionary Demonstration
	The Demands of the 17 March Demonstration
	The Demonstration as Representation of the Represented
	The Emergence of Partisanship
	The Ledru-Rollin Circulars and Democratic Republicanism
	Lamartine’s Moderate Republicanism
	Notes
	References
5 16 April and the Failure of Democratic Republicanism
	16 April, a Clash Between Republicanisms
	The People and the Streets
	The National Guard: a Law Enforcement Tool in the Service of the State
	The Failure of the Luxembourg Commission
	Political Clubs and Newspapers, Spaces for Free Discussion
	Notes
	References
6 15 May and the Triumph of Election
	The Electoral Legitimacy of Constituent Assembly
	15 May: Parliamentary Inviolability Put to the Test
	Interpreting the Events of 15 May
	Absolute Representation
	Notes
	References
7 The Two Republics
	Identifying the ‘Idle’: the Two Faces of National Workshop Labourers
	The Journaux Rouges and Social-Democratic Republicanism
	Labour Organisation, Embodiment of the Social-Democratic Republic
	‘It Must End’
	Defending the Republic
	Notes
	References
Conclusion
	Established Republicanism
	The ‘Proudhonian Moment’ of the French Labour Movement
	An Autonomous Labour Movement
	Notes
	References
Index