The French Fifth Republic Presidency has emerged as one of the most powerful executives in western society. This book is a study of how the power of the Presidency was created and maintained. It investigates the political skills of the office holders and the way in which the coalition supporting the Presidency has been brought together and sustained (and how it has been, on occasion, lost). The book's analysis of leadership in the Fifth Republic draws out the skills and manipulation of the successive presidents as well as the resources of the cultural and political contexts. Amongst the...
The French Fifth Republic Presidency has emerged as one of the most powerful executives in western society. This book is a study of how the power o...
Explores the significance of the first Apollo moon landing and how the countless books, films, and products associated with factual space fiction had an affect on popular culture and artistic practice, but not social sciences and humanities
Investigates how a topic is hugely important in popular culture, but almost invisible in the academy, and how it makes us want to ask questions about visibility, or perhaps self-censorship
Evaluates how little impact the space age actually had on the social sciences and humanities - partly because its combination of military-industrial...
Explores the significance of the first Apollo moon landing and how the countless books, films, and products associated with factual space fiction had ...
