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The first twenty years of the Fifth Republic encompass four presidential elections, alternating political control of the National Assembly, and years of rapid economic growth and contraction. Thus a variety of events now allow an evaluation of the efficacy of the Fifth Republic. The chapters of this book examine: the governmental framework and various political groups that have vied for control of it; industrial development and modernization; education and culture; and foreign policy. Containing both favorable and critical assessments, the book provides a comprehensive balance sheet on the Fifth Republic and the influence of Charles de Gaulle. Its 25 essays were written by such well-known scholars as Crozier, Gagnon, Gourévitch, Ross, Suleiman, and others, as well as some of the younger generation of French specialists, with concluding synthesis by Stanley Hoffmann.
The book features an essay of historical importance on the Constitution of the Fifth Republic by the Constitution's own "father," the former Prime Minister of France, Michel Debré.
Looking into the areas of government, politics, economy, society, culture, and foreign policy, this volume gives the reader an understanding of the considerable impact of Charles de Gaulle's administration on contemporary France.
Preface
Key to Abbreviations
1. Introduction: The Impact of France on the Fifth Republic
William G. Andrews
I. Government
2. The Constitution of 1958: Its Raison d'Etre and How It Evolved
Michel Debré
3. The Collective Political Executive under the Gaullists
William G. Andrews
4. Parliament in the Fifth Republic
John R. Frears
5. Administrative Reform and the Problem of Decentralization
Ezra N. Suleiman
II. Politics
6. The RPR: From a Rassemblement to the Gaullist Movement
William R. Schonfeld
7. Gaullism Abandoned or the Cost of Success
Peter Alexis Gourevitch
8. Centrism in the Fifth Republic: An Attitude in Search of an Instrument
William Safran
9. The Effects of Twenty Years of Gaullism on the Parties of the Left
Georges Lavau
10. The French Left in the Fifth Republic
Frank L. Wilson
11. The French Left and the Transformation of French Society: Sisyphus Revisited
Mark Kesselman
III. The Economy
12. The French Economy under the Fifth Republic, 1958–1978
Bela Balassa
13. The Gaullist Model of Economic Modernization
Volkmar Lauber
14. Twenty Years of the Gaullist Economy
Stephen S. Cohen
15. The Interventionist Temptation: Financial Structure and Political Purpose
John Zysman
16. The Corporatist Dynamic of Agricultural Modernization in the Fifth Republic
John T. S. Keeler
17. Lame Ducks and National Champions: Industrial Policy in the Fifth Republic
Suzanne Berger
18. Energy Policies of the Fifth Republic: Autonomy versus Constraint
Robert J. Lieber
IV. Society and Culture
19. Gaullism and Organized Labor: Two Decades of Failure?
George Ross
20. Gaullism and Collective Bargaining: The Effect of the Fifth Republic on French Industrial Relations
Janice McCormick
21. The Fifth Republic and Education: Modernity, Democracy, Culture
Paul Gagnon
22. France's Cultural Anxieties under Gaullism: The Cultural Revolution Revisted
Michel Crozier
V. Foreign and Defense Policies
23. The Fifth Republic in Europe
A. W. De Porte
24. French Disarmament and Arms Control Policy: The Gaullist Heritage in Question
Edward A. Kolodziej
25. Consensus, Confusion, and Confrontation in France: The Left in Search of a Defense Policy
Michael M. Harrison
26. Conclusion: The Impact of the Fifth Republic on France
Stanley Hoffmann
Appendix: Dialogue: Michel Debré with Conference Participants
Contributors
Index