Developments in French Politics
Published on 31. August 1990
XIV, 315 pages
978-1-349-20959-0 (ISBN)
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This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the political system and its evolution since Mitterand's election in 1981. The impact of Socialist majority and minority governments, the cohabitation programme, and three separate reforms of television are all examined.
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Developments in French Politics
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08/1990
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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.
