France before 1789 : the unraveling of an absolutist regime /

"France before 1789 presents the main features of the prodigiously complex social system of the ancien regime which proceeded the French Revolution. In doing so Jon Elster goes beyond formal institutions to show how they worked in practice. He draws on a host of examples and contemporary texts...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Elster, Jon, 1940- (Auteur)
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press [2020]
Online toegang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvt7x6dt
Inhoudsopgave:
  • The psychology of the main social groups : motivations
  • The psychology of the main social groups : information and beliefs
  • The royal administration and the courts
  • Deliberating bodies.