The Government and Politics of France

Andrew Knapp

ISBN 10: 0415357322 / ISBN 13: 9780415357326

Published by Routledge, 2006

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Government and Politics of France has been the leading textbook on French politics for over a generation, and continues to provide students with a comprehensive and incisive introduction to the intricacies of French politics and government. This edition updates every chapter, with the addition of a new chapter on France and Europe. Recent events necessitate a new edition, particularly the 2002 elections and the growing interpenetration of France and the EU in student programmes, as well as in the real world.Whether covering the shifting balance within France's two-headed executive, the paradoxes of the French party politics, the power and fragmentation of France's administration, the growing assertiveness of French local government, or the newly visible world of the judiciary, The Government and Politics of France has always sought to confront established paradigms with the complex and untidy reality of French politics at the grass roots.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Government and Politics of France
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415357322
• ISBN 13: 9780415357326
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

The Government and Politics of France has been the leading textbook on French politics for over a generation, and continues to provide students with a comprehensive and incisive introduction to the intricacies of French politics and government. This edition updates every chapter, with the addition of a new chapter on France and Europe. Recent events necessitate a new edition, particularly the 2002 elections and the growing interpenetration of France and the EU in student programmes, as well as in the real world.
Whether covering the shifting balance within France's two-headed executive, the paradoxes of the French party politics, the power and fragmentation of France's administration, the growing assertiveness of French local government, or the newly visible world of the judiciary, The Government and Politics of France has always sought to confront established paradigms with the complex and untidy reality of French politics at the grass roots.

About the Author

Andrew Knapp is Professor of Politics at the University of Reading.