Parties and the Party System in France A Disconnected Democracy?

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 curr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knapp, Andrew
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2004, 2004
Series:French Politics, Society and Culture Series
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:XV, 423 p online resource
ISBN:9780230503625