Parties and the Party System in France
A Disconnected Democracy?
Published on 12. March 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
XV, 423 pages
978-0-333-92084-8 (ISBN)
Description
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 relationship to politics through a comprehensive analysis of French political parties and their interaction over the last fifty years, set against the two contexts of French history and of contemporary theories of parties and party systems.
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Edition
2004 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XV, 423 p.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
633 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-92084-8 (9780333920848)
DOI
10.1057/9780230503625
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Person
ANDREW KNAPP is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Reading, UK. He is the author of
Le Gaullisme Après de Gaulle
(1996), and co-author of
Government and Politics in Western Europe
(third edition, with Yves Mény) and of
The Government and Politics of France
(fourth edition, with Vincent Wright).
Content
Perspectives on Parties in France The Fifth Republic and the Course of Electoral Politics The Left: Dynamics of Co-operation and Conflict The Communist Collapse Influence of Supremacy: The Socialists Under Mitterrand and After The Green Dilemma The Centre Cannot Hold: The Rise and Fall of the UDF The End of Gaullism and the Birth of the President's Party The Rise and Rise of the Far Right From the Barrel of a Gun: Chasse, Pêche, Nature et Traditions A Disconnected Democracy?