The adaptation of counter-revolutionary rhetoric in Belgium (1886-1893): social defence through mitigated state interventionism

This paper analyses the discourse and reaction of Belgium conservatism to the wave of the mass strikes affecting the country during a key period marked by two events: the protests of 1886 that shocked public opinion; and the passing of universal suffrage in 1893. Accordingly, it explores the way in which these sectors interpreted the labour unrest and articulated a discourse and interventionism in line with that initiated by Germany in 1883 and which refers to the counter-revolutionary thought of Le Play. That said, this proposal links up with two major histeriographical controversies. Firstly... Mehr ...