The French Revolution and the Birth of Electoral Democracy
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Elections to the Estates General -- 2 Subjects into Citizens -- 3 The First Municipal Elections -- 4 The First Cantonal Elections -- 5 The Emergence of a New Political Elite in 1790 -- 6 Revolutionary Electoral Culture and the Dynamics of Voting in Assemblies -- 7 Elections of the Justices of the Peace -- 8 The Elections of June 1791 for the First National Legislature -- 9 The Elections of June and August–September 1791 and the Renewal of the Political Personnel -- 10 The Establishment of the First French Republic -- 11 Ratification of the Constitutions of 1793 and 1795 -- 12 The Transformation of Electoral Politics in the Directory and Napoleonic Periods -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Turnout in the Vote for the Mayors of the Department Capitals in the First Municipal Elections of 1790 -- Appendix II: Turnout in the Vote for the Mayors of the Department Capitals in November 1791 -- Selected Further Reading -- Index of Names