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Parties and the Party System in France: A Disconnected Democracy?

By Andrew Knapp (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2004
ISBN
978-0-333-92084-8, 978-0-230-50362-5, 0-333-80440-6, 0-333-80441-4
DOI
10.1057/9780230503625
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
39 MB (41329579 bytes)
Series
French Politics, Society and Culture Series
Edition
1
Pages
XV, 423\439
Time added
2016-11-20 09:00:00
European Politics;European Union Politics;Politica

Description

The French elections of 2002 broke all records for fragmentation, abstention and far-right protest voting, yet returned incumbent President Chirac in triumph and gave him a solid basis of parliamentary support. Parties and the Party System in France seeks to explain the paradox of France's current relationship to politics through a comprehensive analysis of French political parties and their interaction over the last fifty years, set against the two contexts of French history and of contemporary theories of parties and party systems.

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