The Fifth Republic at twenty / edited by William G. Andrews, Stanley Hoffmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andrews, William George, 1930- editor.

Hoffmann, Stanley, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--Politics and government--1958---Congresses.

France.

France--Economic conditions--1945---Congresses.

France--Social conditions--1945-1995--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (544 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, 1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first twenty years of the Fifth Republic encompass four presidential elections, alternating political control of the National Assembly, and years of rapid economic growth and contraction. Thus a variety of events now allow an evaluation of the efficacy of the Fifth Republic. The chapters of this book examine: the governmental framework and various political groups that have vied for control of it; industrial development and modernization; education and culture; and foreign policy. Containing both favorable and critical assessments, the book provides a comprehensive balance sheet on the Fifth Republic and the influence of Charles de Gaulle. Its 25 essays were written by such well-known scholars as Crozier, Gagnon, Gourévitch, Ross, Suleiman, and others, as well as some of the younger generation of French specialists, with concluding synthesis by Stanley Hoffmann.The book features an essay of historical importance on the Constitution of the Fifth Republic by the Constitution's own "father," the former Prime Minister of France, Michel Debré.Looking into the areas of government, politics, economy, society, culture, and foreign policy, this volume gives the reader an understanding of the considerable impact of Charles de Gaulle's administration on contemporary France.

Contents:

""The Fifth Republic at Twenty ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Key to Abbreviations ""; ""1. Introduction: The Impact of France on the Fifth Republic ""; ""I. Government ""; ""2. The Constitution of 1958: Its Raison d'Etre and How It Evolved ""; ""3. The Collective Political Executive under the Gaullists ""; ""4. Parliament in the Fifth Republic ""; ""5. Administrative Reform and the Problem of Decentralization ""; ""II. Politics ""; ""6. The RPR: From a Rassemblement to the Gaullist Movement ""; ""7. Gaullism Abandoned or the Cost of Success ""

""8. Centrism in the Fifth Republic: An Attitude in Search of an Instrument """"9. The Effects of Twenty Years of Gaullism on the Parties of the Left ""; ""10. The French Left in the Fifth Republic ""; ""11. The French Left and the Transformation of French Society: Sisyphus Revisited ""; ""III. The Economy ""; ""12. The French Economy under the Fifth Republic, 1958�1978 ""; ""13. The Gaullist Model of Economic Modernization ""; ""14. Twenty Years of the Gaullist Economy ""; ""15. The Interventionist Temptation: Financial Structure and Political Purpose""

""16. The Corporatist Dynamic of Agricultural Modernization in the Fifth Republic""""17. Lame Ducks and National Champions: Industrial Policy in the Fifth Republic ""; ""18. Energy Policies of the Fifth Republic: Autonomy versus Constraint ""; ""IV. Society and Culture""; ""19. Gaullism and Organized Labor: Two Decades of Failure?""; ""20. Gaullism and Collective Bargaining: The Effect of the Fifth Republic on French Industrial Relations ""; ""21. The Fifth Republic and Education: Modernity, Democracy, Culture""

""K """"L ""; ""M ""; ""N ""; ""O ""; ""P ""; ""R ""; ""S ""; ""T ""; ""U ""; ""V ""; ""W ""; ""Y ""; ""Z ""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780791494950

0791494950