Exceptional Socialists The Case of the French Socialist Party

This engaging exploration of the French Socialist Party details the exceptional problems that the party has faced and the way it has dealt with them. The result is a comprehensive and compelling guide to the quiddities of political infighting, the structu

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Exceptional Socialists

10.1057/9781137318688 - Exceptional Socialists, David S. Bell and Byron Criddle

French Politics, Society and Culture Series

France has always fascinated outside observers. Now, the country is undergoing a period of profound transformation. France is faced with a rapidly changing international and European environment and it is having to rethink some of its most basic social, political and economic orthodoxies. As elsewhere, there is pressure to conform. And yet, while France is responding in ways that are no doubt familiar to people in other European countries, it is also managing to maintain elements of its long-standing distinctiveness. Overall, it remains a place that is not exactly comme les autres. This new series examines all aspects of French politics, society and culture. In so doing it focuses on the changing nature of the French system as well as the established patterns of political, social and cultural life. Contributors to the series are encouraged to present new and innovative arguments so that the informed reader can learn and understand more about one of the most beguiling and compelling of all European countries. Titles include: David S. Bell, John Gaffney (editors) THE PRESIDENTS OF THE FRENCH FIFTH REPUBLIC Jocelyn Evans, Gilles Ivaldi THE 2012 FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS The Inevitable Alternative John Gaffney POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN FRANCE From Charles de Gaulle to Nicolas Sarkozy Imogen Long WOMEN INTELLECTUALS IN POST-68 FRANCE Petitions and Polemics Gino G. Raymond (editor) THE SARKOZY PRESIDENCY Breaking the Mould? Jeremy Ahearne GOVERNMENT THROUGH CULTURE IN CONTEMPORARY FRANCE

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10.1057/9781137318688 - Exceptional Socialists, David S. Bell and Byron Criddle

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General Editor: Jocelyn Evans, Professor of Politics, University of Leeds, UK.

Exceptional Socialists David S. Bell Emeritus Professor of French Government and Politics, University of Leeds, UK and

Byron Criddle Emeritus Reader in Politics, University of Aberdeen, UK

10.1057/9781137318688 - Exceptional Socialists, David S. Bell and Byron Criddle

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The Case of the French Socialist Party

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