Conservative Socialism
Subtitle: The Decline of Radicalism and the Triumph of the Left in France
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: February 5, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780765801609
Subjects: Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies; Politics / Current Events; International Relations - General; Political Science; Socialism; Politics/International Relations; Radicalism; Politics and government; General; History / General; 1981-1995; France
Description: "This work on the decline of French radicalism was conceived after the fall of the Berlin Wall as an essay on the decline and decay of the revolutionary idea in European politics. The theme provided an organizing principle for Roger Kaplan's analysis of the evolution of the French left in the wake of events for which it was politically and intellectually unprepared.

Kaplan provides a basis for understanding the performance of a French socialist regime in power, one more uncertain of its mission than at any other time in its history. The paradox of French radicalism is that when it was out of office, it was quite certain about its mission. When it attained power, it lost its sense of mission, and hence its confidence as to the proper uses of power."--BOOK JACKET.