Government and Politics France Book

1	French political traditions in a changing context	1
2	From fourth to fifth republic	49
3	Presidents and prime ministers : the personal factor	67
4	The sources of executive power	85
5	Executive policy-making : the variable diarchy	109
6	The French parliament : decline - and resurgence?	141
7	The left and the greens : the dilemma of government	168
8	The right : domination and division	216
9	Transformations of the party system : continuity and change	252
10	The administration : foundations, myth and changing reality	281
11	The state and the pressure groups	312
12	Paris and the provinces : the post-Jacobin state	349
13	French justice and the elusive Etat de droit	389
14	France and European integration	422
15	Conclusion	487
App. 1	Chronological table : main events from the revolution to the collapse of the fourth republic	501
App. 2	Chronological table : main events from the foundation of the fifth republic until 2005	503
App. 3	Voting behaviour, presidential election, first ballot, 2002	514
App. 4	Voting behaviour, legislative elections, second ballot, 2002	516
App. 5	Voting behaviour in two referendums on Europe, 1992 and 2005	517
App. 6	Abbreviations for French parties	518