1st Edition
Parties and Democracy in France Parties Under Presidentialism
By David Bell
Copyright 2000
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2000: The Presidency has been the principal political focus of the French Fifth Republic and the new component of French democracy. This book looks at how the Presidency has shaped political parties and party systems, as well as how they have interacted with the new institution. The Presidency has acted as a unifying force, bringing together coalitions of... Read more
The impact of the presidency; party system fragmentation. Parties in the system: introduction - fourth republic to fifth republic aller-retour?; the rassemblement pour a la Republique - a presidential party; Union pour la Democratie Francaise - the endurance of the temporary; Force Democrate - French Christian democracy; French liberalisme - Democratie liberal; the front national - le Pen's party; French socialism - between gradualism and the great leap forward; French communism - the patriotic reflex.
Biography
David Bell
