Title: The Presidents of the French Fifth Republic /
Authors: Bell, David S. 1947-; Gaffney, John, 1950-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Frankreich; Europäische Gemeinschaften; Presidents France History.; Political leadership France History.; Presidents France Election History.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership.; France Politics and government
Abstract: "This volume brings together French and British scholars of France to analyse one of French politics' most intellectually compelling phenomena, the presidency of the republic. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of that leadership as well as the way that executive power has been established in the Fifth Republic; how presidential power and the subsequent full scale development of "personality politics" developed within an essentially party-driven, democratic and, most importantly, republican system. Hence the authors in this volume examine the phenomenon of a strong presidency in the French republican framework. The individual chapters focus on the presidency and upon the individual presidents and the way in which they have addressed their own relation to the presidencies they presided over on top of a range of other factors informing their terms of office. A conclusion sums up and appraises the contemporary role of the French presidency within the party system and the republic. The project has generated a great deal of interest in the French political studies community"--
Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: the Presidency in the French Fifth Republic / John Gaffney -- pt. I Republican Presidentialism -- 2.Political Leadership: from the Fourth to the Fifth Republic / David Hanley -- 3.`Hyperpresidentialism' and the Fifth Republic State Imperative / Jack Hayward -- 4.Segolene Royal and Gendered Leadership in France / Rainbow Murray -- pt. II The Presidents -- 5.Charles de Gaulle: the Real Gaullist Settlement / John Gaffney -- 6.Georges Pompidou: the Gaullist Heritage, and the Heritage of '68 / Gilles Richard -- 7.Valery Giscard d'Estaing: the Limits of Liberalism / James Shields -- 8.Francois Mitterrand: the President as `Political Artist' / David S. Bell -- 9.Jacques Chirac: Surviving without Leading? / Andrew Knapp -- 10.Nicolas Sarkozy: `Sarkozyism', a New Presidential Leadership / Pascal Perrineau -- 11.Conclusion: the Study of Political Leadership in France / John Gaffney.