Parties and Democracy in France : Parties Under Presidentialism (Hardcover)

The impact of the presidency; party system fragmentation. Parties in the system: introduction - fourth republic to fifth republic aller-retour?; the rassemblement pour a la Republique - a presidential party; Union pour la Democratie Francaise - the endurance of the temporary; Force Democrate - French Christian democracy; French liberalisme - Democratie liberal; the front national - le Pen's party; French socialism - between gradualism and the great leap forward; French communism - the patriotic reflex.