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Parties and the Party System in France
Andrew Knapp
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Description for Parties and the Party System in France
Paperback. Explains the paradox of France's relationship to politics through a comprehensive analysis of French political parties and their interaction during the second half of the 20th century, set against the two contexts of French history and of contemporary theories of parties and party systems. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
The French elections of 2002 broke all records for fragmentation, abstention and far-right protest voting, yet returned incumbent President Chirac in triumph and gave him a solid basis of parliamentary support. Parties and the Party System in France seeks to explain the paradox of France's current relationship to politics through a comprehensive analysis of French political parties and their interaction over the last fifty years, set against the two contexts of French history and of contemporary theories of parties and party systems.
The French elections of 2002 broke all records for fragmentation, abstention and far-right protest voting, yet returned incumbent President Chirac in triumph and gave him a solid basis of parliamentary support. Parties and the Party System in France seeks to explain the paradox of France's current relationship to politics through a comprehensive analysis of French political parties and their interaction over the last fifty years, set against the two contexts of French history and of contemporary theories of parties and party systems.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
Series
French Politics, Society and Culture
Number of Pages
423
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333920848
SKU
V9780333920848
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About Andrew Knapp
ANDREW KNAPP is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Reading, UK. He is the author of Le Gaullisme Après de Gaulle (1996), and co-author of Government and Politics in Western Europe (third edition, with Yves Mény) and of The Government and Politics of France (fourth edition, with Vincent Wright).
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