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Economic Thought and Institutional Change in France and Italy, 1789-1914
A Comparative Study
Introduction
This book explores the relationship between economic thought, proposals for reform of political institutions, and civil society in the period between the rise to power of Napoleon and the eve of the First World War in Italy and France – two countries with a similar cultural and political tradition and with personal mobility of the intellectual class.
First Section
The first section of the book is devoted to the struggle for identity, justice, and liberty, including its economic dimensions.
Second Section
The relation between political and economic freedom and its effect on equity is then addressed in detail.
Third Section
The third, concluding section focuses on the intellectual and political conflict between the social visions of liberalism and socialism in some of their various forms, again with consideration of the economic implications.
Analysis and Approach
The comparative nature of the analysis, combined with its interdisciplinary approach to the history of economic and political thought and social history, will enable the reader to understand more clearly the historical evolution of each country and the relevant contemporary political and economic issues.
