Developments in French Politics

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Ideological Change: The Exhaustion of the Revolutionary Impetus....Pages 15-32
Changing Patterns of Party Competition....Pages 33-54
Public Opinion and Electoral Change....Pages 55-76
Pluralism and Pressure Politics....Pages 77-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Political Leadership....Pages 95-113
The Administrative Machine: Old Problems and New Dilemmas....Pages 114-132
The Control of Governments....Pages 133-151
Power outside Paris....Pages 152-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
The State and the Market....Pages 171-187
Financial Crisis and Policy Continuity in the Welfare State....Pages 188-200
Foreign and Defence Policy: From Independence to Interdependence....Pages 201-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Adversary Politics, Civil Liberties and Law and Order....Pages 221-236
The Politics of Media Reform....Pages 237-252
Immigration and Politics....Pages 253-268
The Politics of Scandal....Pages 269-281
Conclusion: Political Science, the State and Modernisation....Pages 282-297
Back Matter....Pages 298-315