Description: Modern French Politics Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Analysing Conflict and Consensus Since 1945 Author(s): Nick Hewlett Format: Paperback Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom Imprint: Polity Press ISBN-13: 9780745611204, 978-0745611204 Synopsis This book is an accessible, original and thought-provoking examination of contemporary French politics. The author clearly explains the most important party political, ideological and electoral developments since the Second World War, focusing on the 1980s and 1990s in particular. He takes care to explain changes within a clear theoretical framework which enhances the reader's understanding of observable trends. When Francois Mitterrand was elected President of the Republic in 1981 a new, radical era began in French politics. But within the space of a few years the Socialist-Communist government felt obliged to change tack and abandon many of its more adventurous policies. Hewlett's central question is whether one should talk of "consensus" politics under Mitterrand or even the end of conflict and revolt, for which France had been so famous. He looks at the modern political history of France in comparison with other countries, including Britain, Sweden and Germany. He also considers the significance of various "modernizing" aspects of modern France, including Gaullism, May 1968 and the role of intellectuals. Finally, Modern French Politics relates the examination of change in France to more general theories of change in late capitalism. This informative and refreshing book is scholarly but does not mystify. It presents an original way of examining party-political, institutional and electoral developments, and will be essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students of French politics and European Studies.
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Book Title: Modern French Politics
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Publication Name: Modern French Politics: Analysing Conflict and Consensus since 1945
Language: English
Publisher: Polity Press
Item Height: 228 mm
Subject: Government, History
Publication Year: 1998
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 400 g
Author: Nick Hewlett
Item Width: 153 mm
Format: Paperback
