GERM 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Ottoman Empire
4 Apr 2018
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Post napoleonic german states had enhanced state institutions: Stronger legislative branches of govt. due to enhanced revenue raising. Routi(cid:374)e appli(cid:272)atio(cid:374) of the states" repressi(cid:448)e po(cid:449)ers. Heavy handed treatment of bourgeois business activities. State spending was overwhelmingly focused on the military: Veto powers and ability to issue emergency decrees. Freedom of assembly strictly limited; few legislatures. Franchise rights and office holding severely restricted to tiny elite: Most liberal states had less than 17% of population eligible to vote. Most liberals were not democratic in the modern sense: Also demanded economic freedoms and property rights. Revolution in france in 1830 inspired german radicals to action: Some liberals joined radicals in calls for reform: But radicals much more prone to resort to violence or advocate republicanism that liberals. Radicals prioritized social and economic needs over political reform. Conservatives also unhappy with change that seemed to be causing social leveling. From 1830 to 1848, social conditions became desperate in both town and country:
