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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
'The French Socialists are the least known and least successful of Europe's major political parties. In none of its three periods of government since the famous victory of 1981 has it secured re-endorsement for a further term. Neither has it enjoyed the programmatic influence of the German Social Democratic Party post Godesberg nor the Third Way programme of the British Labour Party. As a party of expenditure its future looks distinctly fragile given its failure to provide a plausible alternative to the austerity policies of the right. The appointment of business friendly Prime Minister Manuel Valls is an important step but it is too early to say whether it will be successful. In this important book the UK's leading scholars of the French Socialists, David Bell and Byron Criddle, provide an indispensable guide to this most exceptional of parties.'
William E. Paterson OBE, Honorary Professor for German and European Politics, Aston University, UK
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Byron Criddle is Emeritus Reader in Politics at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He is the author of numerous works on French electoral politics and British parliamentarians.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Exceptional Socialists
Book Subtitle: The Case of the French Socialist Party
Authors: David S. Bell, Byron Criddle
Series Title: French Politics, Society and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318688
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-28227-8Published: 14 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-32819-2Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31868-8Published: 18 November 2014
Series ISSN: 2946-3750
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3769
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 235
Topics: European Politics, Political Theory, Political Science, Political Philosophy, Electoral Politics, US Politics