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@article{ART001321003},
author={Yoon Eun Joo},
title={Compte rendu au Roi par Necker: Financial Reforms and Public Opinion},
journal={Korean Review of French History},
issn={1229-702X},
year={2009},
number={20},
pages={73-100}

TY - JOUR
AU - Yoon Eun Joo
TI - Compte rendu au Roi par Necker: Financial Reforms and Public Opinion
JO - Korean Review of French History
PY - 2009
VL - null
IS - 20
PB - KOREAN SOCIETY FOR FRENCH HISTORY
SP - 73
EP - 100
SN - 1229-702X
AB - This article aims to suggest preliminary answers to following questions. How did the public opinion operate under the Old Regime? How did the financial issues become the main concerns of the public opinion? And how did the public opinion function as the new political authority at the end of the Old Regime? For this purpose, it reviews Necker’s Compte Rendu au Roi published in 1781 and the anti- Necker pamphlets. It examines, first of all, the financial issues and the administrative reform programs raised by Necker in Compte Rendu au Roi. Then it discusses the criticisms of the anti-Necker pamphlets and their political implications. Finally, it reveals the essence of the controversies around Comptu Rendu au Roi and their extensive and long-lasting impact upon the public opinion. This research offers three ideas as follows: First, Necker’s financial programs were so radical that it attacked the bases of the existing French society and menaced the interests of the french powerful elite groups. Second, the wave of pamphlets directed against Necker in 1780 and 1781 was heavily manipulated by these key figures rather than emanating from the fringes of public life. Third, the publication of the Compte Rendu au Roi opened up the financial condition of the monarchy to public discussion, allowing “public opinion” to guide the course of financial operations and, therefore, breaking the secrecy of absolutist politics.
KW - Compte rendu au roi;Necker;Public opinion;Ancien Régime;Finances
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Yoon Eun Joo. (2009). Compte rendu au Roi par Necker: Financial Reforms and Public Opinion. Korean Review of French History, 20, 73-100.

Yoon Eun Joo. 2009, "Compte rendu au Roi par Necker: Financial Reforms and Public Opinion", Korean Review of French History, no.20, pp.73-100.

Yoon Eun Joo "Compte rendu au Roi par Necker: Financial Reforms and Public Opinion" Korean Review of French History 20 pp.73-100 (2009) : 73.

Yoon Eun Joo. Compte rendu au Roi par Necker: Financial Reforms and Public Opinion. 2009; 20 : 73-100.

Yoon Eun Joo. "Compte rendu au Roi par Necker: Financial Reforms and Public Opinion" Korean Review of French History no.20(2009) : 73-100.

Yoon Eun Joo. Compte rendu au Roi par Necker: Financial Reforms and Public Opinion. Korean Review of French History, 20, 73-100.

Yoon Eun Joo. Compte rendu au Roi par Necker: Financial Reforms and Public Opinion. Korean Review of French History. 2009; 20 73-100.

Yoon Eun Joo. Compte rendu au Roi par Necker: Financial Reforms and Public Opinion. 2009; 20 : 73-100.

Yoon Eun Joo. "Compte rendu au Roi par Necker: Financial Reforms and Public Opinion" Korean Review of French History no.20(2009) : 73-100.