The Government and Politics of FranceThe Government and Politics of France has been the leading textbook on French politics for over a generation, and continues to provide students with a comprehensive and incisive introduction to the intricacies of French politics and government. This edition updates every chapter, with the addition of a new chapter on France and Europe. Recent events necessitate a new edition, particularly the 2002 elections and the growing interpenetration of France and the EU in student programmes, as well as in the real world. Whether covering the shifting balance within France's two-headed executive, the paradoxes of the French party politics, the power and fragmentation of France's administration, the growing assertiveness of French local government, or the newly visible world of the judiciary, The Government and Politics of France has always sought to confront established paradigms with the complex and untidy reality of French politics at the grass roots. |
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... notably via state subsidies to Catholic schools Laissez-faire capitalism, plus protection of French agriculture and industry; no income tax or social security Maintenance of capitalism, more or less tempered by social reforms (after ...
... notably via state subsidies to Catholic schools Laissez-faire capitalism, plus protection of French agriculture and industry; no income tax or social security Maintenance of capitalism, more or less tempered by social reforms (after ...
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... notably under the Second Empire and in the first and third decades of the twentieth century; it was only completed after World War II. In 1900 nearly half of the French population still worked on the land (compared to under 10 per cent ...
... notably under the Second Empire and in the first and third decades of the twentieth century; it was only completed after World War II. In 1900 nearly half of the French population still worked on the land (compared to under 10 per cent ...
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... notably to Catholics with a social conscience. But de Gaulle's intense preoccupation with strong leadership and with national independence, his rejection of American tutelage in the world of the Cold War, and his sceptical, even ...
... notably to Catholics with a social conscience. But de Gaulle's intense preoccupation with strong leadership and with national independence, his rejection of American tutelage in the world of the Cold War, and his sceptical, even ...
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... notable expression of this mistrust was a partial one: the Le Chapelier law of 1791, which banned trade unions and other workplace associations altogether. The law survived for nearly a century, under all régimes, until its repeal in ...
... notable expression of this mistrust was a partial one: the Le Chapelier law of 1791, which banned trade unions and other workplace associations altogether. The law survived for nearly a century, under all régimes, until its repeal in ...
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... blue- and (especially) white-collar; the arrival of new entrants to the labour market, notably immigrants and women; urbanisation and a generation-long housing crisis; dechristianisation; a rise in 24 French political traditions.
... blue- and (especially) white-collar; the arrival of new entrants to the labour market, notably immigrants and women; urbanisation and a generation-long housing crisis; dechristianisation; a rise in 24 French political traditions.
Contents
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2 From Fourth to Fifth Republic | 49 |
The personal factor | 67 |
4 The sources of executive power | 85 |
The variable diarchy | 109 |
Decline and resurgence? | 141 |
The dilemma of government | 168 |
Domination and division | 216 |
Etat de droit | 389 |
14 France and European integration | 422 |
15 Conclusion | 487 |
Main events from the Revolution to the collapse of the Fourth Republic | 501 |
Main events from the foundation of the Fifth Republic until 2005 | 503 |
penetration of each social group by candidate | 514 |
penetration of each social group by Left and Right | 516 |
Appendix 5 Voting behaviour in two referendums on Europe 20 September 1992 and 29 May 2005 | 517 |
Continuity and change | 252 |
Foundations myth and changing reality | 281 |
11 The state and the pressure groups | 312 |
The postJacobin state | 349 |
Appendix 6 Abbreviations for French parties | 518 |
Appendix 7 Other abbreviations | 520 |
Index | 522 |
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