eriences, and this is only accentuated by the particularism that is characteristic of rightist thought and sentiment.
The remainder of this essay is a comparative study of the French and British Rights, as creations of and participants in their respective political cultures. The questions to be addressed is how each Right arose; how each influences and is influenced by their respective nations' political systems, formal and informal; what part each plays in the political culture of their respective countries; and ultimately what it means to be a rightist in France and in Britain. The essay will first consider, more or less independently, the development and current state of the Right, in France and in Britain. The two Rights will then be compared, and some conclusions will be drawn as to the significance and meaning of the Right in these two countries.
As was noted above, the use of "Right" as a political term grew out of the French Revolution, and the original Right opposed that revolution. Thus,
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