Season 5 · Episode 6
S5 Ep6: A French revolution in state-building
February 11, 202212m 54s
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Show Notes
One of the most remarkable achievements of the French Revolution for ordinary people was the reorganisation of local government. Cédric Chambru, Emeric Henry and Benjamin Marx tell Tim Phillips how local state capitals emerged as a result, and what this tells us about how state capacity develops.