France in the Hollande presidency : the unhappy republic /: the unhappy republic. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Gaffney.
• Authors: Gaffney, John, 1950-
• Contents: PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY -- 1. Revealing the Republic -- 2. Scandals, Trivia, and 'Opinion' -- PART II: THE NORMAL PRESIDENT v. THE HYPER-PRESIDENT: SELF-DEFINITION AS ANTITHESIS -- 3. The New President -- 4. The Accidental Candidate -- 5. Presidential Character -- PART III: FROM THE GAULLIST SETTLEMENT TO CELEBRITY POLITICS -- 6. The Settlement -- 7. Path Dependence and the Evolution of the Fifth Republic -- 8. Personal Leadership and the Republic -- 9. Leadership, Institutions, and Culture -- 10. The Conditions and Characteristics of Fifth Republic Leadership -- 11. Character Traits -- PART IV: THE FIRST YEAR. THE NORMAL PRESIDENT AND TIME -- 12. International President Normal: The First Clues -- 13. 'Normalism' and Presidentialism -- 14. A Normal President's Constituency -- 15. Normal as Moral -- 16. Vaľriegate and the Presidency -- 17. Changing the Tempo; Scrambling the Signifiers -- 18. The Cahuzac Scandal -- 19. Gay Marriage and La France Profonde -- PART V: THE SECOND YEAR. PRESIDENTIAL CHARACTER UNDER SIEGE -- 20. France and Syria: Hollande v. Assad -- 21. Closergate -- 22. The Municipal Elections and the Valls Government -- 23. The European Elections and the Victory of the Front National -- 24. The Summer of 2014 -- 25. The Right -- 26. Endgame? -- PART VI: CONCLUSION: CHARACTER AND PERFORMANCE IN FRENCH PRESIDENTIALISM -- 27. 'France' and 'the French' -- 28. Action, Fortune, and Politics as Saga -- 29. Fraṅois Hollande and Presidential Character Traits -- 30. A Path-Dependent Tree of Traits -- 31. Celebrity and Privacy -- 32. The Self and Embodiment -- 33. The Normal, the Chivalric, and the Sixth Republic -- 34. Mitterrand and French Socialism -- 35. Franois Hollande, Time, and Performance -- 36. The International and the Domestic in Hollande's Presidency -- 37. The Presidency and Character.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 944.084/12; Political science; Presidents -- France -- History -- 21st century; Political leadership -- France -- History -- 21st century; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Leadership; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies -- c 2010 to c 2020 -- France; Political leaders & leadership -- c 2010 to c 2020 -- France; Public opinion & polls -- c 2010 to c 2020 -- France; Political leadership; Politics and government; Presidents; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies -- France -- c 2010 to c 2019; Political leaders & leadership -- France -- c 2010 to c 2019; Public opinion & polls -- France -- c 2010 to c 2019; Politics and Government; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Political Science -- General; Politics & government; Sociology; Political science & theory; Political sociology; Political theory; Political communication; World politics; France -- Politics and government -- 21st century; France; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137453914; 1137453915
• Related ISBNs: 9781349497775; 1349497770
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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