French Left and the Fifth Republic - The Discourses of Communism and Socialism in Contemporary France

Klappentext An examination of the ways in which the French Left adapted, through a series of transformations, to the exigencies of presidentialism and the myths which underpin it. The study aims to illustrate the crucial role played by language in the political practice of representative democracy. Zusammenfassung An examination of the ways in which the French Left adapted! through a series of transformations! to the exigencies of presidentialism and the myths which underpin it. The study aims to illustrate the crucial role played by language in the political practice of representative democracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the Fifth Republic - Political Leadership - Method - Discourse and Tradition: the Communists - Tradition and Innovation: the Communists - Discourse and Organisation: the Socialists - Organisation and Modernisation: the Socialists - Conclusion - Index

List of contents

Introduction: the Fifth Republic - Political Leadership - Method - Discourse and Tradition: the Communists - Tradition and Innovation: the Communists - Discourse and Organisation: the Socialists - Organisation and Modernisation: the Socialists - Conclusion - Index

Product details

• Authors: Gaffney, John Gaffney, John (Lecturer in Modern Langua Gaffney
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.02.1989
• EAN: 9780333432310
• ISBN: 978-0-333-43231-0
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Discourses of Communism and So; Discourses of Communism and So
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education