'A fine book. It will be a distinguished addition to the field and will make more than one specialist envious of Gourevitch's ability to explain so much about French politics without recourse to either simplistic cultural "explain-alls" or complicated models of organisational behaviour.' - Sidney G. Tarrow

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The New Criticism: The Re-emergence of Anti-Jacobin Analyses of the Areal Distribution of Powers in France 2. Alternative Explanations: The Importance of Politics 3. What Solutions? 4. Missed Opportunities: The Founding of Two Republics, 1945-1962 5. Whither Gaullism?: Alternative Coalitions and Strategies 6. Gaullism after Algeria, 1962-1969 7. Governing without De Gaulle, 1969-1978 8. The Left and the Reform of Local Government, 1945-1978 9. Alternative Outcomes: The Creation of Regional Government in Italy 10. Decentralization, Regionalism, and the Revival of Peripheral Nationalisms: Some Comparative Speculations 11. Conclusions Bibliography Index Map of the regions and departments of France

'A fine book. It will be a distinguished addition to the field and will make more than one specialist envious of Gourevitch's ability to explain so much about French politics without recourse to either simplistic cultural "explain-alls" or complicated models of organisational behaviour.' - Sidney G. Tarrow

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The New Criticism: The Re-emergence of Anti-Jacobin Analyses of the Areal Distribution of Powers in France 2. Alternative Explanations: The Importance of Politics 3. What Solutions? 4. Missed Opportunities: The Founding of Two Republics, 1945-1962 5. Whither Gaullism?: Alternative Coalitions and Strategies 6. Gaullism after Algeria, 1962-1969 7. Governing without De Gaulle, 1969-1978 8. The Left and the Reform of Local Government, 1945-1978 9. Alternative Outcomes: The Creation of Regional Government in Italy 10. Decentralization, Regionalism, and the Revival of Peripheral Nationalisms: Some Comparative Speculations 11. Conclusions Bibliography Index Map of the regions and departments of France

'A fine book. It will be a distinguished addition to the field and will make more than one specialist envious of Gourevitch's ability to explain so much about French politics without recourse to either simplistic cultural "explain-alls" or complicated models of organisational behaviour.' - Sidney G. Tarrow

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The New Criticism: The Re-emergence of Anti-Jacobin Analyses of the Areal Distribution of Powers in France 2. Alternative Explanations: The Importance of Politics 3. What Solutions? 4. Missed Opportunities: The Founding of Two Republics, 1945-1962 5. Whither Gaullism?: Alternative Coalitions and Strategies 6. Gaullism after Algeria, 1962-1969 7. Governing without De Gaulle, 1969-1978 8. The Left and the Reform of Local Government, 1945-1978 9. Alternative Outcomes: The Creation of Regional Government in Italy 10. Decentralization, Regionalism, and the Revival of Peripheral Nationalisms: Some Comparative Speculations 11. Conclusions Bibliography Index Map of the regions and departments of France