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Parliamentary Representation in France (Paperback)
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Parliamentary Representation in France (Paperback)
Series: Library of Legislative Studies
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Despite real improvements since the beginning of the last decade,
legislative studies are still underdeveloped in France, compared to
other modern democracies. This weakness is linked to the
characteristics of the political system itself: the Constitution of
1958 has created a semi-presidential regime, the centrality of
which has been constantly reinforced since. The French parliament
is thus supposed to be extremely feeble. This lack of interest for
legislative studies is also to be found in the specificities of
French political sociology, which pays little attention to
institutions. As a result, very few papers and books deal with
French chambers and MPs. Yet, they are fascinating cases of study
for scholars interested in parliamentary representation,
professionalization of political life, and French politics. The
French parliament and MPs are deeply paradoxical: MPs are very
attached to the concept of national sovereignty but remain involved
at local level and in surgery work; the French National Assembly is
supposed to be weak, but is quite active and influential; citizens
are more aware of the role of MPs than it seems, and their views
and values are closer than predicted. This book gathers seven
papers from the LEGIPAR research project (2008-2012). The project
was designed by the contributors to rejuvenate French legislative
studies by collecting systematic data on MPs' socio-biographical
profiles and activities, conducting face-to-face interviews,
gathering exhaustive data on National Assembly activity and
organising focus groups to analyse citizens' perceptions of their
MPs. This book was originally published as a special issue of the
Journal of Legislative Studies.
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