Developments in French Politics

Part 1 The political system: ideological change - the exhaustion of the revolutionary impetus, J. Hayward; public opinion and electoral change, F. Platone; changing patterns of party competition, H. Machin; pluralism and pressure points, P.A. Hall. Part 2 The governmental system: political leadership, H. Machin; the administrative machine - old problems and new dilemmas, V. Wright; the control of governments, F. Dreyfus; power outside Paris, S. Mazey. Part 3 Public policies: the state and the market, P.A. Hall; financial crisis and policy continuity in the welfare state, G.P. Freeman; foreign and defence policy - from independence and interdependence, J. Howorth. Part 4 Current controversies: adversary politics, civil liberties and law and order, A. Guyomarch; the politics of media reform, M. Harrison; immigration and politics, M.A. Schain; the politics of scandal, S.E. Bornstein. Conclusion: political science - the state and modernisation, J. Hayward.