The political culture of the sister republics, 1794-1806 France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Italy /
edited by Joris Oddens, Mart Rutjes, and Erik Jacobs.
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Table of Contents; Timeline of the Sister Republics (1794-1806); The political culture of the Sister Republics; Joris Oddens and Mart Rutjes; 'The political passions of other nations'; National choices and the European order in the writings of Germaine de Staël; Biancamaria Fontana; 1. The transformation of republicanism; The transformation of republicanism in the Sister Republics / Andrew Jainchill; 'Republic' and 'democracy' in Dutch late eighteenth-century revolutionary discourse / Wyger R. E. Velema New wine in old wineskins: Republicanism in the Helvetic Republic / Urte Weeber2. Political concepts and languages; Revolutionary concepts and languages in the Sister Republics of the late 1790s / Pasi Ihalainen ; Useful citizens. Citizenship and democracy in the Batavian Republic, 1795-1801 / Mart Rutjes; From rights to citizenship to the Helvetian indigénat: Political integration of citizens under the Helvetic Republic / Silvia Arlettaz; The battle over 'democracy' in Italian political thought during the revolutionary triennio, 1796-1799 / Mauro Lenci 3. The invention of democratic parliamentary practices Parliamentary practices in the Sister Republics in the light of the French experience / Malcolm Crook; Making the most of national time: Accountability, transparency, and term limits in the first Dutch Parliament (1796-1797) / Joris Oddens; The invention of democratic parliamentary practices in the Helvetic Republic: Some remarks / André Holenstein; The Neapolitan republican experiment of 1799: Legislation, balance of power, and the workings of democracy between theory and practice / Valeria Ferrari 4. Press, politics, and public opinion Censorship and press liberty in the Sister Republics: Some reflections / Simon Burrows; 1798: A turning point? : Censorship in the Batavian Republic / Erik Jacobs; Censorship and public opinion: Press and politics in the Helvetic Republic (1798-1803) / Andreas Würgler ; Liberty of press and censorship in the first Cisalpine Republic / Katia Visconti; 5. The Sister Republics and France; Small nation, big sisters / Pierre Serna; The national dimension in the Batavian Revolution: Political discussions, institutions, and constitutions / Annie Jourdan The constitutional debate in the Helvetic Republic in 1800-1801: Between French influence and national self-government / Antoine Broussy An unwelcome Sister Republic: Re-reading political relations between the Cisalpine Republic and the French Directory / Antonino De Francesco; Bibliography; List of contributors; Notes; Index