the accidental republic

a case study in history & democracy

The

Accidental Republic

by David H. Montgomery

dhmontgomery.com

@dhmontgomery

1/10/2017

How does democracy emerge?

The people are revolting

France’s governments,

1771-1871 o Absolute monarchy

o Constitutional monarchy

o Republic

o Republican dictatorship

o Empire

o Conservative monarchy

o Empire

o Conservative monarchy

o Liberal monarchy

o Republic

o Empire

Long live the king?

Long live the kings?

Légitimist and Orléanist

Henri, Count of Chambord

Légitimist (Bourbon) claimant

Philippe, Count of Paris

Orléanist claimant

Fusion or fission

All that for a napkin

Things fall apart

Meanwhile on the left

Learning from the past

Adolphe Thiers Léon Gambetta

Dénouement

Lessons

Compromise

Process vs. policy

Custom

Divisions change but endure

To learn more

In essay form: dhmontgomery.com/2015/03/the-

accidental-republic

Books:

Frederick Brown, For the Soul of France: Culture Wars

in the Age of Dreyfus (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010)

René Rémond, The Right Wing in France: From 1815 to

De Gaulle, trans. James M. Laux (Philadelphia:

University of Pennsylvania Press, 1969)

Mike Rapport, 1848: Year of Revolution (New York:

Basic Books, 2009)

Graphs made with R & ggplot using Wikipedia data