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French Politics and Society.

Assuming no previous knowledge and concentrating on the post-1981 era, this book introduces the fundamentals of French government and society.℗ Covering a broad spectrum of topics, French Politics and Society 2nd Edition follows a logical structure and framework for analysis, providing an excellent...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cole, Alistair
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2015.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; A glossary of difficult expressions; A guide to further reading; Part 1 The making of modern France; 1 The making of modern France; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The ancien r©♭gime; 1.3 The French Revolution: the making of modern France; 1.4 The French Revolution: a divisive heritage; 1.5 The Third Republic, 1870-1940; 1.6 Vichy and the French Resistance, 1940-4; 1.7 The Fourth Republic, 1944-58; 1.8 Concluding remarks; 2 France since 1958; 2.1 Introduction.
  • 2.2 De Gaulle's Republic2.3 May '68: the Fifth Republic in crisis; 2.4 Georges Pompidou: the acceptable face of Gaullism?; 2.5 Val©♭ry Giscard d'Estaing: the aristocracy in power, 1974-81; 2.6 Fran©ʹois Mitterrand 1981-8: the chameleon; 2.7 Mitterrand's second term, 1988-95; 2.8 President Chirac, 1995-7: the abrupt presidency; 2.9 Jospin and the plural left coalition; 2.10 Chirac's second term, 2002-; 2.11 Concluding remarks; 3 French political culture; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Political culture in France: the traditional reading; 3.3 Traits of French political culture.
  • 3.4 The Fifth Republic and the new Republican synthesis3.5 Conclusion; Part 2 Institutions and power; 4 Presidents and Prime Ministers; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Political leadership in the French republican tradition; 4.3 The 1958 Constitution; 4.4 The French presidency; 4.5 Prime ministerial political leadership; 4.6 Concluding remarks: what type of political system is the Fifth Republic?; 5 Checks and balances?; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The organisation of the French parliament in the Fifth Republic; 5.3 Parliament in the Fifth Republic: an emasculated legislature?
  • 5.4 Political dynamics and the operation of parliament5.5 The judicialisation of French politics?; 5.6 Concluding remarks; 6 The immobile state?; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The French civil service: characteristics, context and culture; 6.3 The French state today: continuity, conflict, cohesion; 6.4 The reform of the state; 6.5 Concluding remarks; 7 Local and regional government; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The French model of territorial administration; 7.3 The decentralisation reforms, 1982-3; 7.4 Local and regional government after decentralisation; 7.5 The French prefect and the decentralised state.
  • 7.6 Revisiting decentralisation: the 2003-4 reforms7.7 Decentralisation in France: concluding remarks; Part 3 Political forces and representation; 8 The French party system: change and understanding change; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The French party system before 1981; 8.3 The changing French party system; 8.4 Underlying continuities in the French party system; 8.5 Concluding remarks; 9 French parties today; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The Gaullists; 9.3 The Union for French Democracy (UDF); 9.4 The Socialist Party; 9.5 The Communist Party; 9.6 The National Front; 9.7 The Greens; 9.8 The minor parties.