France's Political Institutions at 50

ISBN-13: 9781138993105 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 202 str.

Emiliano Grossman;Nicolas Sauger;¬Abar

Opis

This book deals with the evolution of the institutions of the French Fifth Republic and their interaction with political life in contemporary France.

This book was published as a special issue of West European Politics.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The Institutions of the French Republic at 50 Emiliano Grossman and Nicolas Sauger  2. Duverger, Semi-presidentialism and the Supposed French Archetype Robert Elgie  3. The President’s Choice? Government and Cabinet Turnover under the Fifth Republic Emiliano Grossman  4. The French National Assembly’s Oversight of the Executive: Changing Role, Partisanship and Intra-Majority Conflict Sebastien G. Lazardeux  5. Party Discipline and Coalition Management in the French Parliament Nicolas Sauger  6. MPs under the Fifth Republic: Professionalisation within a Weak Institution Olivier Costa and Eric Kerrouche  7. The French Electoral System and its Effects Andre Blais and Peter John Loewen  8. The Evolution of the French Political Space and Party System Simon Bornschier and Romain Lachat  9. The Politics of Constitutional Veto in France: Constitutional Council, Legislative Majority and Electoral Competition Sylvain Brouard  10. Public Budgeting in the French Fifth Republic: The End of La Republique des partis? Frank R. Baumgartner, Martial Foucault and Abel Francois  11. The End of Ambiguity? Presidents versus Parties or the Four Phases of the Fifth Republic Emiliano Grossman and Nicolas Sauger

O autorze

Emiliano Grossman and Nicolas Sauger are both senior research fellows at CEVIPOF / Sciences Po and lecturers at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. Grossman’s research concentrates on economic interest groups and political institutions. Sauger has specialised on political parties and electoral systems. Their work is published in journals like the European Journal of Political Research, the Journal of Common Market Studies, the Journal of European Public Policy, West European Politics or the Revue Française de Science Politique.