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Subject(s)

• France—Politics and government—1945- [Browse]
• France—Social conditions—1945-1995 [Browse]
• France—Social conditions—1995- [Browse]

Summary note

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. -- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Part I. Introduction : The making of modern France
• France since 1958
• French political culture: representations and realities
• Part II. Institutions and power : Presidents and prime ministers
• Checks and balances?
• Reforming the state
• A decentralised republic in a unitary state? Local and regional government
• Part III. Political forces and representation : The French party system: change and understanding change
• French parties today
• The representation of interests
• Part IV. Reshaping modern France : Society, citizenship and welfare
• The Republican model of citizenship and its limits
• Europe and Europeanisation
• The Republic in danger?

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ISBN

• 9781138941403 ((hardback))
• 1138941409 ((hardback))
• 9781138941410 ((pbk.))
• 1138941417 ((pbk.))

LCCN

2016045304

OCLC

965154086

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