The French Left and the Fifth Republic: The Discourses of Communism and Socialism in Contemporary France
Description
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.
Keywords
SOCIALISM_FRANCE
1989Book
Author(s)John Gaffney
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780333432310
LanguageEnglish
