Der Aufgeklärte Absolutismus

Hartung, Fritz

doi:10.1524/hzhz.1955.180.jg.15

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“…This is the reason why some authors regard enlightened absolutism not as a 'perfection' of absolutism but rather as its 'attenuation, sunset'(Hartung [1955(Hartung [ ] 1974.24 With 'society' still meaning the traditional elites.…”

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Shock therapy and the transfer of institutions: the new debate and some lessons from the post-1806 reforms in Prussia and in southwestern Germany

Zweynert

2010

Const Polit Econ

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There is a new debate on shock therapy versus gradualism in economics, this time referring to developing and emerging countries. The French Revolution and its impact on the other European nations has repeatedly been highlighted as a historical example for both the merits and pitfalls of the Big Bang strategy. The present paper argues that a comparison between the post-1806 reforms in Prussia and in the southwestern states of Germany offers a particularly interesting historical case study that in the economics literature has not yet received the attention it deserves. In particular, the case study shows how deeply intertwined the economic and political dimension of social transformations are, and that different economic reforms strategies cannot and should not be evaluated without taking political starting conditions into account. In view of recent reform experiences it is particularly interesting to see that Prussia offers maybe the first historical case of state capture by the East-Elbian Junkers.

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