1st Edition

Problems of Contemporary French Politics

By Dorothy Pickles Copyright 1982
172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1982 Problems of Contemporary French Politics looks at the most important political controversies that have preoccupied France from the death of de Gaulle up to and including 1981 presidential and legislative elections. Three areas are discussed: the evolution of government and opposition parties, focusing in particular on their electoral attitudes and on the relations... Read more

Preface 1. The Significance of the Gaullist decade 2. The problem of electoralism 3. Problems of the left 4. Problems of the right 5. The Decline of the Gaullist foreign policy 6. Giscardian foreign policy problems: Europe 7. Giscardian foreign policy problems: defence 8. The perennial problem of the presidency Notes Index

Biography

Dorothy Pickles