French politics today
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French politics today
（Politics today）
Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1994
- : hard
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. [185]-186
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Wide-ranging and up-to-date, this book offers students an introduction to French politics. Peter Morris provides a description and analysis of the institutions and processes, and draws attention to issues and controversies on the current policy agenda. Topics covered in the book include the evolution of French political traditions; the constitutional settlement of the Fifth Republic; the emergence of the modern presidency and its relationship to other government institutions; the shape of local government; the shifting contours of the party system; the emergence of the Jean Marie le Pen's Front National; and France and the European Community. Throughout the book, the author highlights the personalities and the trends which have shaped the French political system.
Table of Contents
- The constitutional settlement
- the Fifth Republic
- political, economic and social developments since 1958
- president and government
- the civil service
- parliament and parliamentarians
- local government
- voters and voting systems
- the changing party system
- the role of interest groups
- the politics of immigration
- France and Europe
- a new French concensus?.
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