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Political Leadership in France
From Charles de Gaulle to Nicolas Sarkozy
Av J. Gaffney
Inbunden, 2010
568 kr
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Gaffney analyzes how de Gaulle came to power in 1958: The drama surrounding the Fourth Republic's collapse, and the focus upon an exceptional individual meant that de Gaulle was able to confer a particular style of leadership on the Fifth Republic. The five Presidents who came after him have each …
Senate of the Fifth French Republic
Av P. Smith
Inbunden, 2009
568 kr
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Paul Smith examines how the Senate has attempted, since 1958, to locate itself within the French (semi-) presidential system, how it asserts its place in relation to the President, Government and National Assembly and how it has sought, in recent years, to develop an autonomous and particular sense …
Changing France
The Politics that Markets Make
Av P. Culpepper, P. Hall m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
1095 kr
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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 …
Politicians, Bureaucrats and Leadership in Organizations
Lessons from Regional Planning in France
Av J. Burnham
Inbunden, 2009
551 kr
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This is the first book in English on the French agency DATAR-DIACT that has been the envy of regional planners worldwide. It sheds new light on political leadership in a bureaucracy and demonstrates convincingly the impact of political leaders on institutions. It is a study of France with lessons …
End of the French Exception?
Decline and Revival of the 'French Model'
Inbunden, 2010
551 kr
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Analyzes the notion of the French exception and the ways in which it has informed both academic analysis and political commentary on France today. Adopting a comparative and interdisciplinary approach it examines the resilience of the notion of French exceptionalism and evaluates its relevance in a …
French Fifth Republic at Fifty
Beyond Stereotypes
Inbunden, 2008
1095 kr
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This book addresses essential questions about the determinants and dynamics of the French political system over the long haul. Beyond 'French exceptionalism', this long term perspective allows for the mapping of key institutions of the Fifth Republic both in terms of their evolution and the complex …
Parties, Gender Quotas and Candidate Selection in France
Av R. Murray
Inbunden, 2010
551 kr
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Gender quotas are a growing worldwide phenomenon, yet their variable implementation remains under-researched. Using the prominent case study of France this book approaches quotas from the perspective of the key actors responsible for them – political parties.
Exceptional Socialists
The Case of the French Socialist Party
Av D. Bell, B. Criddle
Inbunden, 2014
551 kr
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This engaging exploration of the French Socialist Party details the exceptional problems that the party has faced and the way it has dealt with them. The result is a comprehensive and compelling guide to the quiddities of political infighting, the structure of power and of the environment in which …
Presidents of the French Fifth Republic
Av D. Bell, J. Gaffney m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
568 kr
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In the French Republic political leadership is normally provided by the presidency, albeit from a very narrow constitutional base. This volume examines the strengths and weaknesses of that leadership as well as the way that executive power has been established in the republican context.
French Presidential Elections
Av M. Lewis-Beck, R. Nadeau m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
568 kr
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An original and comprehensive study of the sociological and psychological forces driving individual choices in French Presidential elections. Based on a unique comparative analysis of four French presidential contests over the last two decades, this book presents a rigorous examination of long-term …
Cohabitation and Conflicting Politics in French Policymaking
Av S. Lazardeux
Inbunden, 2014
551 kr
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This study departs from traditional interpretations of cohabitation in French politics, which suggest French institutions are capable of coping when the President and Prime Minister originate from different political parties. Instead, it offers the opposite view that cohabitation leads to partisan …
Political Leadership in France
From Charles de Gaulle to Nicolas Sarkozy
Av J. Gaffney
Häftad, 2010
601 kr
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Gaffney analyzes how de Gaulle came to power in 1958: The drama surrounding the Fourth Republic's collapse, and the focus upon an exceptional individual meant that de Gaulle was able to confer a particular style of leadership on the Fifth Republic. The five Presidents who came after him have each …
Women Intellectuals in Post-68 France
Petitions and Polemics
Av I. Long
Inbunden, 2013
551 kr
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Accounts of public intellectuals in France and French feminism have focused on a specific set of women thinkers overlooking some major women intellectuals. This book aims redresses this balance by studying these forgotten intellectuals creating a cultural and theoretical re-evaluation of the …
France, Social Capital and Political Activism
Av F. Vassallo
Inbunden, 2010
551 kr
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This book deals with the theme of political participation in France, focusing on conventional and unconventional forms of political activism over the last three decades. Measures of social integration and political involvement are used to question the validity of social capital theory.
France on the World Stage
Nation State Strategies in the Global Era
Av M. Maclean, J. Szarka
Inbunden, 2008
551 kr
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This book examines the ways in which France's relations with the international community have evolved in a period of accelerating globalization. It considers the role of the nation state, and its capacity for political initiative, examining French strategies to reinforce French influence on the …
de Gaulle Presidency and the Media
Statism and Public Communications
Av J. Chalaby
Inbunden, 2002
1128 kr
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Is it true that de Gaulle kept journalists at a distance because he disliked the press? Or was the press really against him, as always claimed? How did he exploit his own charisma on radio and television? This book explores the relationship between de Gaulle and the media during his presidency. The …
Social Movements in France
Towards a New Citizenship
Av S. Waters
Inbunden, 2003
1095 kr
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Contemporary France has witnessed a rise of new forms of social movement, mobilizing around new causes and articulating changing demands. Sarah Waters examines the new generation of movements since the 1990s, from anti-racism and the movement of the unemployed, to solidarity or the associations of …
Intellectuals and Politics in Post-War France
Av D. Drake
Inbunden, 2001
551 kr
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What did French intellectuals have to say about Gaullism, the Cold War colonialism, the women's movement, and the events of May '68? David Drake examines the political commitment of intellectuals in France from Sartre and Camus to Bernard-Henri Lévy and Bourdieu. In this accessible study, he …
French Intellectuals and Politics from the Dreyfus Affair to the Occupation
Av D. Drake
Inbunden, 2005
551 kr
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A companion volume to Drake's Intellectuals and Politics in Post-War France (2002), French Intellectuals from the Dreyfus Affair to the Occupation traces the political positions adopted by French writers and artists from the end of the 19th century to the Liberation. Drawing on a wide range of …
Parties and the Party System in France
A Disconnected Democracy?
Av A. Knapp
Inbunden, 2004
1095 kr
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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 …
Parties and the Party System in France
A Disconnected Democracy?
Av A. Knapp
Häftad, 2004
1095 kr
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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 …
French Road to the European Monetary Union
Av D. Howarth
Inbunden, 2000
1095 kr
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The logic behind European monetary cooperation and integration can only be understood through an examination of French efforts to maximise their monetary power in relation to Germany and America. This book provides a detailed and historically-informed study of the motives and economic and political …
Environmental Protest and the State in France
Av G. Hayes
Inbunden, 2002
1095 kr
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This book discusses the issues and strategies which have characterized the environmental campaigns mounted against recent controversial infrastructure projects in France. Focusing on the changing nature of policymaking in the Fifth Republic as a key factor in the organization of each protest, …
French Voter
Before and After the 2002 Elections
Inbunden, 2003
551 kr
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Why do French voters vote the way they do? In this book, leading international scholars examine this question from many different angles. Special attention is given to the 2002 national elections, when right-wing extremist Le Pen made such a spectacular showing in the presidential contest. Was the …
Subnational Government
The French Experience
Inbunden, 2007
1095 kr
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With globalization and the EU, local and regional government in member states have experienced dramatic changes in their operation, responsibilities and organizations. Loughlin presents an overview of the theory and practice of subnational government in France and a detailed examination of the …
2012 French Presidential Elections
The Inevitable Alternation
Inbunden, 2013
551 kr
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Was the victory of François Hollande, the Socialist challenger to Nicolas Sarkozy, inevitable in the 2012 French Presidential elections? This book argues that a combination of economic downturn, policy choices and personal unpopularity meant that the Right-wing incumbent faced an almost impossible …
Sarkozy Presidency
Breaking the Mould?
Av G. Raymond
Inbunden, 2013
568 kr
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Sarkozy came to power promising radical political and social change while simultaneously developing a presidential persona that melded the public and the personal under the glare of media attention, unparalleled in the French Fifth Republic. This volume provides a detailed analysis of the fit …
Government through Culture and the Contemporary French Right
Av J. Ahearne
Inbunden, 2014
551 kr
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Culture, understood broadly, lay at the heart of contrasting right-wing strategies for government in France during the pivotal decade of 2002-2012. Looking at issues of secularism, education, televisual performance, public memory and nation-branding Ahearne analyses how presidents Chirac and …
France in the Hollande Presidency
The Unhappy Republic
Av J. Gaffney
Inbunden, 2015
551 kr
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An analysis of the first half of François Hollande's five-year presidential term that examines the strengths and weaknesses of presidential politics following the Left's return to power in 2012 and puts forward an interpretation of the underlying nature of contemporary French politics, and the …
Regional Governance and Power in France
The Dynamics of Political Space
Av R. Pasquier
Inbunden, 2015
551 kr
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In the shadow of a French national narrative which demonises and rejects local specificities, highly differentiated territorial political spaces have been created, shaped by identity, decentralisation, and public policy. This book analyses regional power in France and paints a picture of a …
