| Description |
1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations |
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French politics, society and culture |
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French politics, society, and culture series.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: the Presidency in the French Fifth Republic -- Part I. Republican Presidentialism. 2. Political Leadership: from the Fourth to the Fifth Republic -- 3. 'Hyperpresidentialism' and the Fifth Republic State Imperative -- 4. Ségolène Royal and Gendered Leadership in France -- Part II. The Presidents. 5. Charles de Gaulle: the Real Gaullist Settlement -- 6. Georges Pompidou: the Gaullist Heritage, and the Heritage of '68 -- 7. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing: the Limits of Liberalism -- 8. François Mitterrand: the President as 'Political Artist' -- 9. Jacques Chirac: Surviving without Leading? -- 10. Nicolas Sarkozy: 'Sarkozyism', a New Presidential Leadership -- 11. Conclusion: the Study of Political Leadership in France -- Index |
| Summary |
"This volume brings together French and British scholars of France to analyse one of French politics' most intellectually compelling phenomena, the presidency of the republic. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of that leadership as well as the way that executive power has been established in the Fifth Republic; how presidential power and the subsequent full scale development of 'personality politics' developed within an essentially party-driven, democratic and, most importantly, republican system. Hence the authors in this volume examine the phenomenon of a strong presidency in the French republican framework. The individual chapters focus on the presidency and upon the individual presidents and the way in which they have addressed their own relation to the presidencies they presided over on top of a range of other factors informing their terms of office. A conclusion sums up and appraises the contemporary role of the French presidency within the party system and the republic. The project has generated a great deal of interest in the French political studies community"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Presidents -- France -- History
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Political leadership -- France -- History
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Presidents -- France -- Election -- History
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Political leaders & leadership -- c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) -- France -- 21st century.
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Central government -- c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) -- France -- 21st century.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Politics and Government.
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Political leadership
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Politics and government
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Presidents
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Presidents -- Election
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Political leaders & leadership -- France -- Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999 -- 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100.
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Central -- national -- federal government -- France -- Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999 -- 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100.
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Politics and Government.
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Politics and government -- 1958- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051489
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| Subject |
France
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bell, David S. (David Scott), 1947- editor
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Gaffney, John, 1950- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781137302847 |
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1137302844 |
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1299262031 |
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9781299262034 |
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