The Language of Leadership in Contemporary France
Published on 28. March 1996
Book
Hardback
268 pages
978-1-85521-355-5 (ISBN)
Description
Addressing the constraints and opportunities for leadership discourse conferred by the French Fifth Republic, its constitution, institutions and political predecessors, this work examines cases where discourse as a leadership was successful, as well as cases where it was less so.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 159 mm
Width: 226 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85521-355-5 (9781855213555)
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Content
Introduction - the language of leadership in contemporary France, Helen Drake and John Gaffney; Valery Giscard D'Estang - discourse and presidential authority, John Gaffney; reinventing socialist discourse in an evolving political culture - Francois Mitterand, Wayne Northcutt; Edith Cresson - victim of her own image, Lynne Wilcox; Jean-Marie le Pen and the discourse of ambiguity, Catherine Fieschi; George Marchais and the discourse of declining authority, Gino Raymond; trade union leadership in France - individual and collective identities in transition, Susan Milner; Jean-Marie Tjibaou - turning the outside in, Lorna Milne; Jacques Delors and the discourse of political legitimacy, Helen Drake.