Author: Kaiser, Wolfram

Source: European Review of History, Volume 12, Number 2, July 2005 , pp. 403-424(22)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

Political transfer boomed in Europe, the Atlantic world and beyond in the second half of the nineteenth century. Drawing on a variety of empirical examples, this article addresses three core dimensions of political transfer: the changing structural conditions for transfer; the transfer agents and their strategies; and the means they could employ drawing upon new forms of collective networking across borders, diffusing information, and visualizing political ideas, policies and practices to enhance the legitimacy of political transfer. It is argued that research on political transfer has great potential for reconceptualizing European history in the second half of the nineteenth century as overlapping and connected history. Résumé: Les transferts politiques ont pris une importance mondiale dans la second moitie du dix-neuvième siècle. En se fondant sur une multitude d'exemples précis cet article se penche sur trois dimensions fondamentales du transfert politique: les changements des conditions structurales des transferts, les agents de transfert et leur stratégie et les moyens qu'ils emploient en utilisant de nouveaux réseaux internationaux, diffusant l'information et représentant les idées, les pratiques et les politiques pour augmenter la légitimité du transfert politique. Cet article met en évidence l'importance de la recherche sur les transferts politiques pour une nouvelle conception de l'histoire européenne comme une histoire d'échanges et de rapports.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13507480500269324

Publication date: 2005-07-01

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