France in the Hollande Presidency: The Unhappy RepublicSpringer, 2015 M05 9 - 203 pages An analysis of the first half of François Hollande's five-year presidential term that examines the strengths and weaknesses of presidential politics following the Left's return to power in 2012 and puts forward an interpretation of the underlying nature of contemporary French politics, and the French Fifth Republic. |
Contents
The new President | |
Pathdependence and the evolution of the Fifth Republic | |
The First Year The Normal President and Time | |
Changing the tempo scrambling the signifiers | |
Closergate | |
Character and Performance in French Presidentialism | |
Mitterrand and French socialism | |
The international and the domestic in Hollandes presidency | |
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