Parties And Democracy In France

Author : David S Bell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351741101

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This title was first published in 2000: The Presidency has been the principal political focus of the French Fifth Republic and the new component of French democracy. This book looks at how the Presidency has shaped political parties and party systems, as well as how they have interacted with the new institution. The Presidency has acted as a unifying force, bringing together coalitions of parties to provide a political basis for presidential power, but has also been a divisive factor. Parties draw on longstanding traditions of French political life and the Presidency can provoke destructive rivalry as well as constructive coalition-building. Presented here is a discussion of the contemporary French party system - its dynamics, successes and failures. Written in an accessible style, it is intended for students of French studies and political parties, as well as comparative politics.

Author : David S Bell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1315187779

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Parties and Democracy in France by David S Bell Pdf

"This title was first published in 2000: The Presidency has been the principal political focus of the French Fifth Republic and the new component of French democracy. This book looks at how the Presidency has shaped political parties and party systems, as well as how they have interacted with the new institution. The Presidency has acted as a unifying force, bringing together coalitions of parties to provide a political basis for presidential power, but has also been a divisive factor. Parties draw on longstanding traditions of French political life and the Presidency can provoke destructive rivalry as well as constructive coalition-building. Presented here is a discussion of the contemporary French party system - its dynamics, successes and failures. Written in an accessible style, it is intended for students of French studies and political parties, as well as comparative politics."--Provided by publisher.

Author : A. Knapp
Publisher : Springer
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230503625

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Parties and the Party System in France by A. Knapp Pdf

The French elections of 2002 broke all records for fragmentation, abstention and far-right protest voting, yet returned incumbent President Chirac in triumph and gave him a solid basis of parliamentary support. Parties and the Party System in France seeks to explain the paradox of France's current relationship to politics through a comprehensive analysis of French political parties and their interaction over the last fifty years, set against the two contexts of French history and of contemporary theories of parties and party systems.

Author : David Hanley
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789204100

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Party, Society, Government by David Hanley Pdf

According to received wisdom parties have played a mainly destructive role in French political development. Of questionable legitimacy, pursuing narrow sectarian goals, often corruptly, they have brought about division, weakness and the collapse of regimes. A proper reading of history suggests differently. By combining historical research and contemporary political science theory about party, the author shows that for over a century party has irrigated French democracy in often invisible ways, brokering working compromises between groups divided strongly along social, political and cultural lines. The key to this success is the party system, which allowed for a high degree of collusion and cooptation between political elites, rhetoric notwithstanding. This hidden logic has persisted to this day despite the advent of presidentialism and remains the key to the continuing prosperity of French democracy.

Author : Jocelyn Evans
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0719061202

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The French Party System by Jocelyn Evans Pdf

This text provides an overview of political parties in France. The social and ideological profiles of all the major parties are analysed, highlighting their principal functions and dynamics within the system. This examination is complemented by analyses of bloc and system features.

Author : Melvin Edelstein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317031277

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The French Revolution and the Birth of Electoral Democracy by Melvin Edelstein Pdf

Democracy is perhaps the defining characteristic of modern Western society, but even as late as the nineteenth century it was often viewed with suspicion by many who saw it as akin to anarchy and mob rule. It was not until the French and American revolutions of the eighteenth century that electoral democracy began to gain momentum as a serious force, which was eventually to shape political discourse on a broad, international scale. Taking as its focus the French Revolution, this book explores how the experience in France influenced the emergence of electoral democracy, arguing - contrary to recent revisionist studies - that it was indeed the progenitor of modern representative democracy. Rejecting the revisionist semiotic approach to political culture; it instead adopts a definition emphasizing the shared values that govern political behavior, arguing that the Revolution's essential contribution to modern political culture is its concept of citizenship, embracing widespread political participation. In a broader sense, the book studies the grass-roots democracy, focusing on participation in the primary and secondary electoral assemblies. It is primarily concerned with electoral behavior and practices: how can we explain the electoral process and its results? It analyzes electoral procedures and practices, and voter turnout, based on extensive quantitative data. While focused on political history, this work also examines political sociology, giving careful attention to the occupational composition of elected officials. While acknowledging the democratic shortcomings of the French Revolution (the absence of political parties, electoral campaigns, and declared candidates), the book’s comprehensive study of revolutionary elections concludes that, together with its American counterpart, the French Revolution did indeed give birth to modern electoral democracy. As such, this book is essential reading for historians, political scientists, sociologists and readers inte

Author : Moisei Ostrogorski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0722228244

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Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties. Tr. from the French by Moisei Ostrogorski Pdf

Author : P. Perrineau,Luc Rouban
Publisher : Springer
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230101890

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Politics in France and Europe by P. Perrineau,Luc Rouban Pdf

This book offers an in-depth analysis of political life in France and Europe at the beginning of the 21st century at a time of change and crisis. Encompassing questions about values, political actors and electoral choices, it is dedicated particularly to scholars and students enrolled in comparative politics programs.

Author : David L. Hanley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 1571815023

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Party, Society, Government by David L. Hanley Pdf

According to received wisdom parties have played a mainly destructive role in French political development. Of questionable legitimacy, pursuing narrow sectarian goals, often corruptly, they have brought about division, weakness and the collapse of regimes. A proper reading of history suggests differently. By combining historical research and contemporary political science theory about party, the author shows that for over a century the party has irrigated French democracy in often invisible ways, brokering working compromises between groups divided strongly along social, political and cultural lines. The key to this success is the party system, which allowed for a high degree of collusion and cooptation between political elites, rhetoric notwithstanding. This hidden logic has persisted to this day despite the advent of presidentialism and remains the key to the continuing prosperity of French democracy.

Author : Pepijn Corduwener
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134996261

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The Problem of Democracy in Postwar Europe by Pepijn Corduwener Pdf

The current perception of democratic crisis in Western Europe gives a renewed urgency to a new perspective on the way democracy was reconstructed after World War II and the principles that underpinned its postwar transformation. This study accounts for the formation of the postwar democratic order in Western Europe by studying how the main political actors in France, West Germany and Italy conceptualized democracy and strove over its meaning. Based upon a wide range of librarian and archival sources from these countries, it tracks changing conceptions of democracy among leading politicians, political parties, and leaders of social movements, and unveils how they were deeply divided over key principles of postwar democracy – such as the political party, the free market economy, representation, and civic participation. By comparing three national debates on the question what democracy meant and how it should be institutionalized and practiced, this study argues that only in the 1970s conceptions of democracy converged and key political actors accepted each other as democrats with similar conceptions of democracy. This study thereby deconstructs the myth of the quick emergence of one consensual Western European model of democracy after 1945, demonstrates that its formation was a long and contentious process in which national differences were often of crucial importance, and contributes to an enhanced understanding of the historical roots of the current sentiment of democratic crisis.

Author : Oscar W. Gabriel,Eric Kerrouche,Suzanne S. Schüttemeyer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319720296

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Political Representation in France and Germany by Oscar W. Gabriel,Eric Kerrouche,Suzanne S. Schüttemeyer Pdf

Notwithstanding its contemporary critics, political representation remains at the core of democratic politics. Based on a comparative research project that gathered data from observations, surveys, experiments and expert interviews, this book examines the process and the quality of political representation in France and Germany from a dual perspective. First, it analyzes MPs’ behavior during their district activities. Second, it investigates the perceptions and evaluations of the represented, the French and German citizens. In ten chapters different facets of MPs’ activities as well as citizens’ attitudes are comparatively investigated. The book is relevant for Politics scholars and practitioners at national parliaments to better understand representative democracies, and it may also contribute to improve representation itself.

Author : William Rispin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030608941

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The French Centre Right and the Challenges of a Party System in Transition by William Rispin Pdf

This book argues that the defeat of the main French Centre Right party in the 2017 presidential and legislative elections, and its subsequent disintegration, were the result of a failure to respond effectively to the challenges posed by a continuing realignment of the party system. By the start of the Hollande presidency, many sections of the electorate had lost faith in the traditional parties of government and the ideologies which they represented and were adopting a more individualist approach to politics. The Left/Right divide, which had determined relations between parties since the creation of the Fifth Republic in 1958, gave way to a new arrangement, based on three axes – identity, liberal economics and Europe. These policy areas would provoke major differences of opinion among supporters of the Centre Right, and lead a significant number of them to abandon Les Républicains, which was a major factor in the election of Emmanuel Macron.

Author : Oscar W Gabriel,Silke I Keil,Eric Kerrouche
Publisher : ECPR Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781907301834

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Political Participation in France and Germany by Oscar W Gabriel,Silke I Keil,Eric Kerrouche Pdf

How do France and Germany compare in the world of participatory political communities? This volume sets out an impressive historical, theoretical and institutional framework for a comprehensive, comparative and empirical analysis of the forms, patterns, trends and determinants of citizen participation in two of Europe's largest democracies. Written by an international team of political scientists, it starts with an outline of the participatory traditions in both countries before turning to the theoretical foundations of empirical research regarding the role of political participation in modern democracies. It provides an overview of how the perception of political participation has changed over the years and the forms of both conventional participation, particularly with regard to electoral participation, and unconventional participation like protest and other new forms of citizen involvement are analysed in detail. Exploring new approaches in participation research, social participation is seen as not just correlating with political participation, but as a specific form of civic engagement in itself. A broad range of activities, such as electoral and party related participation, political protest, participation in voluntary associations, voting in referenda and taking part in dialogue-orientated participatory activities is examined and the analysis identifies which societal, institutional and cultural factors account for the differences and similarities between the two countries.

Author : Jean-Numa Ducange
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004384798

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The French Revolution and Social Democracy by Jean-Numa Ducange Pdf

In The French Revolution and Social Democracy Jean-Numa Ducange explores the important legacy of the French Revolution, and its different interpretations, in the culture of German-speaking social democracy.

Author : John D. Huber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996-08-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521562910

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Rationalizing Parliament by John D. Huber Pdf

Rationalizing Parliament examines how institutional arrangements in the French Constitution shape the bargaining strategies of political parties. Professor Huber investigates the decision by French elites to include in the Constitution legislative procedures intended to "rationalize" the policy-making role of parliament and analyzes the impact of these procedures on policy outcomes, cabinet stability, and political accountability. Through its use of theories developed in the American politics literature, the study reveals important similarities between legislative politics in the United States and in parliamentary systems and the shortcomings in conventional interpretations of French institutional arrangements.