Democracy in modern France / Nick Hewlett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hewlett, Nick.

Series:

Politics, culture, and society in the New Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--France.

Democracy.

France.

France--Politics and government--1945-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 221 pages ; 24cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2003]

Contents:

1 Introduction: the contested notion of democracy 1

I The context of the debate 1

Exploring democracy 8

Democracy and modernity 11

Liberal and direct democracy 13

Rethinking democracy 20

2 Democracy and the legacy of revolution 29

Modernity and the Enlightenment 32

The Revolution of 1789 38

Republicanism and the weakness of liberalism 44

Direct democracy and the labour movement 52

3 Conflict, coercion and violence 61

Conflict, violence and democracy 63

The tradition of conflict and violence 67

The revolutionary moment 77

State violence and coercion 80

Violence and democracy: a radical view 84

4 The institutions and structures of formal politics 91

Political structures and stable capitalism 93

The Constitution of the Fifth Republic 98

Elections and the people 103

Corruption 109

5 The new liberalism 117

France and the historical weakness of liberalism 119

Conditions for the emergence of the new liberalism 127

Democracy and the new liberalism 135

Constructing a liberal hegemony 142

6 The study of politics in France 149

Natural science and social science 150

The development of political science 154

Beyond the mainstream 160

Bourdieu and political science 161

Capitalism and the people 171

A new militancy? 173

The elections of 2002 179

A Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, 1789 205

B Regimes in France since 1789 209

C Results of the 2002 Presidential Elections 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826450377 :

OCLC:

53213210