The French Fifth Republic at Fifty

A APPLETON R BALME S BROUARD B CLIFT A C D'APPOLINA R ELGIE M FOUCAULT A FRANAaOIS E GROSSMAN B IRONDELLE E KERROUCHE P LE GALAeS E LAePINARD A MAZUR G PINSON N SAUGER M VAIL C WOLL

This book addresses essential questions about the determinants and dynamics of the French political system over the long haul. Beyond 'French exceptionalism', this long term perspective allows for the mapping of key institutions of the Fifth Republic both in terms of their evolution and the complex interplay between institutions and politics.This book addresses essential questions about the determinants and dynamics of the French political system over the long haul. Beyond 'French exceptionalism', this long term perspective allows for the mapping of key institutions of the Fifth Republic both in terms of their evolution and the complex interplay between institutions and politics.