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Developments in French Politics

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Peter A. Hall

    1. Harvard University in the Centre for European Studies, USA

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  2. Jack Hayward

    1. Hull University, UK

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  3. Howard Machin

    1. LSE, UK

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Howard Machin
      Pages 1-12

  3. The Political System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Ideological Change: The Exhaustion of the Revolutionary Impetus

      • Jack Hayward
      Pages 15-32

    3. Changing Patterns of Party Competition

      • Howard Machin
      Pages 33-54

    4. Public Opinion and Electoral Change

      • François Platone
      Pages 55-76

    5. Pluralism and Pressure Politics

      • Peter A. Hall
      Pages 77-92

  4. The Governmental System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Political Leadership

      • Howard Machin
      Pages 95-113

    3. The Administrative Machine: Old Problems and New Dilemmas

      • Vincent Wright
      Pages 114-132

    4. The Control of Governments

      • Françoise Dreyfus
      Pages 133-151

    5. Power outside Paris

      • Sonia Mazey
      Pages 152-167

  5. Public Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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    2. The State and the Market

      • Peter A. Hall
      Pages 171-187

    3. Financial Crisis and Policy Continuity in the Welfare State

      • Gary P. Freeman
      Pages 188-200

    4. Foreign and Defence Policy: From Independence to Interdependence

      • Jolyon Howorth
      Pages 201-217

  6. Current Controversies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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    2. Adversary Politics, Civil Liberties and Law and Order

      • Alain Guyomarch
      Pages 221-236

    3. The Politics of Media Reform

      • Martin Harrison
      Pages 237-252

    4. Immigration and Politics

      • Martin A. Schain
      Pages 253-268
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This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the political system and its evolution since Mitterand's election in 1981. The impact of Socialist majority and minority governments, the cohabitation programme, and three separate reforms of television are all examined.

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  • Harvard University in the Centre for European Studies, USA

    Peter A. Hall

  • Hull University, UK

    Jack Hayward

  • LSE, UK

    Howard Machin

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