The French Polity

by Safran, William

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6TH

ISBN13:

9780321077745

ISBN10:

0321077741

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Pub. Date:

1/1/2003

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Beautifully written and logically organized, The French Polity, Sixth Edition, provides vital insight into the changing and constant character of the intricate French political scene. Recent, sometimes dramatic, changes have taken place in French politics in the last several years. This book features comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of contemporary French politics, policy, and society with a lucid institutional approach that focuses on the executive, political parties, parliament, the judiciary, and interest groups, as well as civil liberties, public policy, and administration.

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Preface

xiii

Abbreviations and Acronyms

France: The Historical and Constitutional Background

(22)

The Legacy of the Revolution

(4)

The Rise and Fall of the Fourth Republic

(2)

The Sources and Nature of the Fifth Republic Constitution

(5)

Constitutional Interpretation and Adaptation

(7)

Notes

(2)

The Economic and Social Context

(28)

Economic Development

(5)

Social Classes and Mobility

(4)

Religion and Culture

(6)

The Educational System

(3)

The Position of Women

(3)

Notes

(7)

Patterns and Perspectives of Political Culture

(22)

Approaches to French Political Culture

(8)

Civic and Uncivic Attitudes

(4)

Verbal and Practical Behavior

(4)

Conceptions of the State

(4)

National Identity

(3)

Notes

(7)

Political Parties and Elections

(74)

The Socialist Party

(1)

The Communists

(2)

The Origins and Evolution of Gaullism: From the RPR to the Union pour la Majorite

(1)

The Political ``Center'': From Classic Provincialism to the Union pour la Democratie Francaise

(5)

Radicalism

(1)

Catholicism

(1)

Centrist Coalition Games

(1)

The Elections of 1974 and the Emergence of Giscardo-Centrism

(3)

The Left in Power: 1981 and After

(3)

The Right and Center in Opposition

(1)

The Rise of the National Front

(1)

The Parliamentary Election of 1986: Introduction to Power Sharing

(1)

The Presidential and Parliamentary Elections of 1988

(2)

The Greens

(1)

The Parliamentary Elections of 1993

(6)

The Collapse of the Left

(3)

The Victory of the Right

100

(2)

The Marginalization of the Environmentalists and the Containment of the Extreme Right

102

(1)

The Presidential Elections of 1995

103

(2)

The Parliamentary Elections of 1997

105

(3)

The Elections of 2002

108

(8)

The Functional Relevance of Political Parties

116

(10)

Unnatural Alliances

116

(1)

Political Wanderings

117

(2)

The Place of Ideology

119

(3)

Voters' Choices, Programs, and Personalities

122

(4)

The Electoral System: Its Impact on Parties and Voting Behavior

126

(7)

Political Fringe Groups, Clubs, and Movements

133

(3)

Summary and Conclusion

136

(1)

Notes

137

(10)

Interest Groups

147

(30)

Trade Unions

147

(5)

Business Associations

152

(2)

Agriculture

154

(1)

Students and Teachers

155

(2)

Miscellaneous Interest Groups

157

(1)

The Access and Input of Interest Groups

157

(2)

Pluralist, Corporatist, and Other Models of Interest-Group Politics

159

(12)

Notes

171

(6)

Instruments and Patterns of Decision Making: The Executive

177

(44)

The Position of the President

177

(4)

The Premiers

181

(4)

Cohabitation I: Precedent-Setting Pattern or Political Parenthesis?

185

(2)

Cohabitation II: A ``Civilized'' Waiting Game

187

(1)

Cohabitation III: Co-Decision Making or a Neo-Parliamentary Regime?

188

(2)

The Government

190

(9)

The Construction and Reshuffling of Cabinets

199

(5)

The Executive and Parliament

204

(2)

Article 16

206

(2)

The President and Charisma

208

(5)

Summary

213

(1)

Notes

214

(7)

Instruments and Patterns of Decision Making: The Parliament

221

(38)

Parliament in the Fifth Republic

222

(2)

The Committee System

224

(7)

The Senate

231

(3)

Limits on Parliamentary Decision Making

234

(4)

The Constitutional Council

238

(3)

Questions and Censure Motions

241

(2)

The Incompatibility Rule

243

(2)

The Role of the Deputy

245

(8)

Notes

253

(6)

The Administrative System

259

(38)

Background, Structure, and Recruitment

259

(3)

The Political Complexion of Civil Servants

262

(4)

Controls over the Civil Service

266

(5)

Subnational Administration

271

(1)

The Commune

272

(2)

Administrative Reform and Decentralization

274

(3)

The Reforms of 1981-1983

277

(6)

Functional Decentralization

283

(1)

The Administration of Paris

284

(1)

Corsica and Overseas Territories

285

(2)

Bureaucracy, Technocracy, and Economic Administration

287

(2)

Notes

289

(8)

Law, Justice, and Civil Liberties

297

(22)

The Judicial System

297

(3)

Justice and the Democratic State

300

(5)

The Legal Protection of Aliens and Minorities

305

(1)

The Police

306

(2)

Freedom of Expression

308

(4)

Notes

312

(7)

Political Changes and Public Policies

319

(36)

Economic Policy from the Liberation to the Giscard Presidency

320

(1)

Capitalist Planning

320

(4)

Economic Policy Under the Mitterrand Presidency

324

(4)

The Politics of Austerity

324

(2)

The Chirac Cohabitation Government and the Politics of Neoliberalism

326

(1)

The Governments of Rocard, Cresson, and Beregovoy: Prospects and Growing Constraints

326

(1)

The Balladur Government: Redressement and Rigueur

327

(1)

Economic Policy Under the Chirac Presidency

328

(4)

The Juppe Plan

328

(2)

The Jospin Government: Squaring the Circle

330

(1)

Raffarin's Policies: Pressures and Prospects

331

(1)

Education, Research, and Culture

332

(3)

Aspects of Foreign Policy

335

(6)

France and Europe

341

(5)

Constitutional and Institutional Issues: Conclusions

346

(3)

Notes

349

(6)

Appendix: The French Constitution of 1958

355

(18)

Selected Bibliography

373

(8)

Index

381

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