The language of leadership in contemporary France

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The language of leadership in contemporary France

edited by Helen Drake and John Gaffney

Dartmouth, c1996

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Addressing the constraints and opportunities for leadership discourse conferred by the French Fifth Republic, its constitution, institutions and political predecessors, this work examines cases where discourse as a leadership was successful, as well as cases where it was less so.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction - the language of leadership in contemporary France, Helen Drake and John Gaffney
  • Valery Giscard D'Estang - discourse and presidential authority, John Gaffney
  • reinventing socialist discourse in an evolving political culture - Francois Mitterand, Wayne Northcutt
  • Edith Cresson - victim of her own image, Lynne Wilcox
  • Jean-Marie le Pen and the discourse of ambiguity, Catherine Fieschi
  • George Marchais and the discourse of declining authority, Gino Raymond
  • trade union leadership in France - individual and collective identities in transition, Susan Milner
  • Jean-Marie Tjibaou - turning the outside in, Lorna Milne
  • Jacques Delors and the discourse of political legitimacy, Helen Drake.

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