Democratizing France
Subtitle: The Political and Administrative History of Decentralization
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 31, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780521036054
Subjects: Central government policies; c 1980 to c 1990; Political Science; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Europe - France; Political History; Public Affairs & Administration; Decentralization in government--France--Histo; Decentralization in government--France--History; History / France; Political Science / General; Political Science-Political History; Political Science-Public Affairs & Administration; General
First sentence: When the Socialists passed decentralizing legislation from 1982 to 1986 that redefined the role of the state in the periphery and gave extensive new powers to territorial units of government, they fulfilled one of the last imperatives of the French Revolution.