Developments in French Politics

Paperback. Tiny mark to title page. This revised and updated edition provides a comprehensive and broad-raning analysis of the political system and its evolution during the Mitterrand presidency. Bringing together specially commissioned chapters by leading authorities in the field and with a new concluding chapter covering the election and initial performance opf the Balldur government, this book will be of interest to anyone concerned with Europe and today and it will be essential reading for students of French politics and society. Contents: List of Maps and Tables. Preface to the Revised Edition. Notes on the Contributors. Abbreviations. Introduction. Part One - The Political System - Ideological Change: The Exhaustion of the Revolutionary Impetus. Changing Patterns of Party Competition. Public Opinion and Electoral Change.Pluralism and Pressure Politics. Part Two - The Governmental System - Political Leadership. The Administrative Machine: Old Problems and New Dilemmas. The Control of Governments. Power Outside Paris. Part Three - Public Policies - The State and the Market. Financial Crisis and Policy Continuity in the Welfare State. Foreign and Defence Policy: From Independence to Interdependence. Part Four - Current Controversies - Advisory Politics, Civil Liberties and Law and order. The Politics of Media Reform. Immigration and Politics. The Politics of Scandal. Conclusion: Political Science, the State and Modernisation. Postscript 1990 to 1994: Political and Policy Responses to Recession. Guide to Further Reading. Bibliography. Index. 340 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…