The French Polity

Author : William Safran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317343363

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Focusing on the interplay between individual and institutions, The French Polity is the most current and comprehensive text for introducing students to the changing and enduring characteristics of the French political scene. It combines historical perspective and contextual information on French society to clearly explain the evolution and health of this country, political institutions, process, and culture. Throughout, William Safran, a leading area studies expert, goes beyond description to offer original analyses of French politics.

Author : William Safran
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1991-01
Category : France
ISBN : 0801301246

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The French Polity by William Safran Pdf

An updated and revised edition which aims to provide a descriptive approach to the politics and structure of the French government. Includes an examination of political parties and interest groups and explores changes in the relationship between the president, government and parliament.

Author : Marion Demossier,David Lees,Aurélien Mondon,Nina Parish
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317325895

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The Routledge Handbook of French Politics and Culture by Marion Demossier,David Lees,Aurélien Mondon,Nina Parish Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of French Politics and Culture provides a detailed survey of the highly differentiated field of research on French politics, society and culture across the social sciences and humanities. The handbook includes contributions from the most eminent authors in their respective fields who bring their authority to bear on the task of outlining the current state-of-the art research in French Studies across disciplinary boundaries. As such, it represents an innovative as well as an authoritative survey of the field, representing an opportunity for a critical examination of the contrasts and the continuities in methodological and disciplinary orientations in a single volume. The Routledge Handbook of French Politics and Culture will be essential reading and an authoritative reference for scholars, students, researchers and practitioners involved in, and actively concerned about, research on French politics, society and culture.

Author : Alistair Cole
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317376958

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French Politics and Society by Alistair Cole Pdf

French Politics and Society is the ideal companion for all students of France and French politics with a strong reputation for its lucidity and lively exposition of the French polity. This third edition remains a highly readable text and offers a broad, critical and comprehensive understanding of French politics. The book provides an excellent description of French institutions and ensures readers access to background information through discussing historical developments, political forces, public policy, and the evolution of important aspects of French society. Key updates for the third edition include: extensive updates including the Chirac, Sarkozy and Hollande presidencies; inclusion of constitutional and state reform coverage since 2008; the French party system and evolution of the French left and right; more on France’s positioning with regards to Brussels and the impact of the European economic crisis. French Politics and Society is essential reading for all undergraduates studying French politics, French studies, European studies or comparative politics.

Author : Jonathan Marcus
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780814755358

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The National Front and French Politics by Jonathan Marcus Pdf

The extreme right-wing National Front is now France's fourth largest political party. In 1986 under a proportional electoral system it won thirty-five seats in the French National Assembly; in the 1988 Presidential election the National Front's leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, obtained over fourteen percent of the popular vote. Over the past decade, it has won representation at virtually all levels of French politics. Le Pen's xenophobic anti-immigrant message has clearly attracted significant support in France. He has had a major influence upon the terms on which issues like immigration, nationality and racism are debated in France. Drawing on personal interviews with Le Pen and other National Front leaders, Jonathan Marcus traces the rise of Le Pen's party, and its impact on the French political scene, and in the process raises important questions about the future of French, European, and world politics. How far have the mainstream parties of both Left and Right faced up to Le Pen's challenge? Is the National Front now a permanent feature of French politics? To what degree is Le Pen a threat to French democracy? And finally, how successful will Le Pen be in pushing his agenda in the European Parliament?

Author : Charles Coulston Gillispie
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400824618

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Science and Polity in France by Charles Coulston Gillispie Pdf

By the end of the eighteenth century, the French dominated the world of science. And although science and politics had little to do with each other directly, there were increasingly frequent intersections. This is a study of those transactions between science and state, knowledge and power--on the eve of the French Revolution. Charles Gillispie explores how the links between science and polity in France were related to governmental reform, modernization of the economy, and professionalization of science and engineering.

Author : Andrew Knapp,Lecturer in French Studies Andrew Knapp,Vincent Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134841301

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The Government and Politics of France by Andrew Knapp,Lecturer in French Studies Andrew Knapp,Vincent Wright Pdf

The Government and Politics of France 4th Edition continues to provide students with a comprehensive and incisive introduction to the intricacies of French politics and government. Written by two leading authorities on the subject, this widely used textbook has been fully revised and up-dated to take into account the many changes that have occurred since the last edition was published. Coverage includes: * French political traditions * constitution and the Fifth Republic * the executive * the Parliament * parties and the party system * the Administration * interest groups * local politics * the impact of the EU.

Author : William Safran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0801318467

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The French Polity by William Safran Pdf

Author : William Safran
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015011001065

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The French Polity by William Safran Pdf

Author : Andrew Knapp,Vincent Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 735 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134247905

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The Government and Politics of France by Andrew Knapp,Vincent Wright Pdf

The 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.

Author : Alec Stone Sweet
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Constitutional courts
ISBN : 9780195070347

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The Birth of Judicial Politics in France by Alec Stone Sweet Pdf

The French Constitutional Council, a quasi-judicial body created at the dawn of the Fifth Republic, functioned in relative obscurity for almost two decades until its emergence in the 1980s as a pivotal actor in the French policymaking process. Alec Stone focuses on how this once docile institution, through its practice of constitutional review, has become a meaningfully autonomous actor in the French political system. After examining the formal prohibition against judicial review in France, Stone illustrates how politicians and the Council have collaborated over the course of the last decade, often unintentionally and in the service of contradictory agendas, to significantly enhance Council's power. While the Council came to function as a third house of Parliament, the legislative work of the government and Parliament was meaningfully "juridicized." Through a discussion of broad theoretical issues, Stone then expands the scope of his analysis to the politics of constitutional review in Germany, Spain, and Austria.

Author : P. Culpepper,P. Hall,B. Palier
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230204473

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Changing France by P. Culpepper,P. Hall,B. Palier Pdf

How do European states adjust to international markets? Why do French governments of both left and right face a public confidence crisis? In this book, leading experts on France chart the dramatic changes that have taken place in its polity, economy and society since the 1980s and develop an analysis of social change relevant to all democracies.

Author : Robert Elgie,Emiliano Grossman,Amy G. Mazur
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191648472

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The Oxford Handbook of French Politics by Robert Elgie,Emiliano Grossman,Amy G. Mazur Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of French Politics provides a comprehensive and comparative overview of the French political system through the lens of political science. The Handbook is organized into three parts: the first part identifies foundational concepts for the French case, including chapters on republicanism and social welfare; the second part focuses on thematic large-scale processes, such identity, governance, and globalization; while the third part examines a wide range of issues relating to substantive politics and policy, among which are chapters on political representation, political culture, social movements, economic policy, gender policy, and defense and security policy. The volume brings together established and emerging scholars and seeks to examine the French political system from a comparative perspective. The contributors provide a state-of-the-art review both of the comparative scholarly literature and the study of the French case, making The Oxford Handbook of French Politics an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the foundations of contemporary political life in France.

Author : Raylene L. Ramsay
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 157181082X

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French Women in Politics: Writing Power by Raylene L. Ramsay Pdf

Although more women in France have entered political life than ever before, the fact remains that there are fewer women representatives in the French parliament than there were after the Second World War. In a new and original approach, the author presents an overview and analysis of the emerging body of text by or on women who have held high political office in France. The argument is that writing about women and politics has not just described or reflected women's slow but now substantial entry into political life; it has played a major part in shaping the parity debate and its outcomes. Interviews with political women, such as Huguette Bouchardeau, Simone Veil or Edith Cresson, inserted in the text, demonstrate the emergence and circulation of a new common discourse focused on the issue of whether women in politics make or should make a difference. A close reading of the various texts examined in this book and their connection to new public counter-discourses in France suggest that a re-writing of power is indeed occurring.

Author : William Rispin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 54,7 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.