(Ebook) The French Polity 1st Edition by William Safran ISBN 9780205600700 0205600700

(Ebook) The French Polity 1st Edition by William Safran ISBN 9780205600700 0205600700

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ISBN 10: 0205600700

ISBN 13: 9780205600700

Author:  William Safran

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.

Table of contents: 

1. France: The Historical and Constitutional Background

   • The Legacy of the Revolution

   • The Rise and Fall of the Fourth Republic

   • The Sources and Nature of the Fifth Republic Constitution

   • Constitutional Interpretation and Adaptation

2. The Economic and Social Context

   • Economic Development

   • Population Growth

   • Industrial Modernization and Globalization

   • Social Classes and Mobility

   • Religion, Culture, and Citizenship

   • Immigration, Naturalization, and Integration

   • Ethnocultural Challenges

   • The Educational System

   • Democratizing and Modernizing the School System

   • Research, Science, and Cultural Policy

   • The Position of Women

3. Political Attitudes

   • Civic-Mindedness and Incivisme

   • Verbal and Practical Behavior

   • The Street as a Political Arena

   • Conceptions of the State

   • National Identity

4. Political Parties and Elections

   • The Political Left: The Socialist Party

   • The Communists

   • The Political Right: The Evolution of Gaullism From the RPR to the UMP

   • The Political "Center": From Classic Provincialism to the UDF

   • The Old Center

   • The Elections of 1974 and the Emergence of Giscardo-Centrism

   • The Left in Power: 1981 and After

   • Rotations: Opposition Challenges to Incumbents, 1986–1995

   • The Right and Center in Opposition

   • The Rise of the National Front

   • The Parliamentary Election of 1986: Introduction to Power Sharing

   • The Presidential and Parliamentary Elections of 1988

   • The Parliamentary Elections of 1993: The Confusion and The Greens

   • Collapse of the Left

   • The Victory of the Right

   • The Marginalization of the Environmentalists and the Containment of the Extreme Right

   • The Chirac Era

   • The Presidential Elections of 1995: Antecedents and Consequences

   • The Parliamentary Elections of 1997: Refragmentation

   • The Elections of 2002: Toward a Return to Bipolarity

   • The Elections of 2007

   • The Functional Relevance of Political Parties

   • Unnatural Alliances

   • Political Wanderings

   • The Place of Ideology

   • Voters' Choices, Programs, and Personalities

   • The Electoral System: Its Impact on Parties and Voting Behavior

   • Political Fringe Groups, Clubs, and Movements

   • Summary and Conclusion

• Interest Groups

  • Trade Unions

  • Business Associations

  • Agriculture

  • Students and Teachers

  • Miscellaneous Interest Groups

  • The Access and Input of Interest Groups

  • Pluralist, Corporatist, and Other Models of Interest-Group Politics

• Instruments and Patterns of Decision Making: The Executive

  • The Position of the President

  • The Prime Ministers

  • Cohabitation I: Precedent-Setting Pattern or Political Parenthesis?

  • Cohabitation II: A "Civilized" Waiting Game

  • Cohabitation III: Co-Decision Making or a Neo-Parliamentary Regime?

  • The Government

  • The Construction and Reshuffling of Cabinets

  • The Executive and Parliament

  • Emergency Powers

  • The President and Charisma

• Instruments and Patterns of Decision Making: The Parliament

  • Parliament in the Fifth Republic

  • The Committee System

  • The Senate

  • Limits on Parliamentary Decision Making

  • The Constitutional Council

  • Questions and Censure Motions

  • The Incompatibility Rule

  • The Role of the Deputy

• The Administrative System

  • Background, Structure, and Recruitment

  • The Political Complexion of Civil Servants

  • Controls over the Civil Service

9. Law, Justice, and Civil Liberties

   • The Judicial System

   • Justice and the Democratic State

   • The Legal Protection of Aliens and Minorities

   • The Police

   • Freedom of Expression

10. Political Changes and Public Policies

• Economic Policy from the Liberation to the Giscard Presidency

• The Experiment with Capitalist Planning

• Economic Policy Under the Mitterrand Presidency

• The Politics of Austerity

• The First Chirac Government and the Politics of Neoliberalism

• The Governments of Rocard, Cresson, and Bérégovoy: The Limits of Socialism

• The Balladur Government: Redressement and Rigueur

• Economic Policy Under the Chirac Presidency

• The Juppé Plan

• The Jospin Government: Squaring the Circle

• Raffarin's Policies: Pressures and Constraints

• The Villepin Interlude: Economic Patriotism

• Sarkozy's Ambitions and Prospects

• Aspects of Foreign Policy

• France and Europe

• Constitutional and Institutional Issues: Conclusions

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