POLI 212 Lecture Notes - Trade Wars, International Relations, Cath Database
23 Nov 2012
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Marks off time period, gives it coherence = way it begins (revolution) + ends (war) Howard: draw attention fact that long 19th century period charac by freq wars + domestic poli instability stable democ + interstate peace = relatively recent features of eur poli history. Long 19th century does begin w/frrev frrev = turning point. Not just in history of fr, also in eur poli + poli development. Turning point: point in time after which things are much diff than they were before. S/thing happens in frrev puts eur diff trajectory. Identify forces in play in fr + eur after frrev. Party of movement vs party of order. Conflict b/w 2 parties shapes eur poli for all 19th century + most of 20th. Party = loosely organised individs in groups, bound together by shared set of values + shared set of poli commitments.
