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This book, originally published in 1991, assesses how attitudes,
political orientations and social values changed during the five
decades after the Second World War. The case studies in the book
focus on key 'sites' in political culture: in France, on the
extreme right, the cinema, the impact of media personalities and
changes of political discourse; in Germany, on the decline of
regional identities, the emergence of specific issues and the
concern of political parties with the effectiveness of language.
This interdisciplinary study provides new insights into the way
French and German people see themselves.
This book, originally published in 1991, assesses how attitudes,
political orientations and social values changed during the five
decades after the Second World War. The case studies in the book
focus on key 'sites' in political culture: in France, on the
extreme right, the cinema, the impact of media personalities and
changes of political discourse; in Germany, on the decline of
regional identities, the emergence of specific issues and the
concern of political parties with the effectiveness of language.
This interdisciplinary study provides new insights into the way
French and German people see themselves.
First published in 1997, this volume examines the presidential
elections, one of the central events of the democratic process in
France, and arguably the main organising principle of French
politics since 1962, provide an opportunity to assess the
development of the regime. More significantly, they allow us to
asses modifications to the office of president and to French
Presidentialism which are both reflected in an affected by the
electoral campaign and the elections themselves. This book provides
such an assessment, with specific reference to the candidates,
issues and events of the 1995 Presidential elections.
The French elections of 2002 provided an opportunity to assess the
political development of the regime, and in particular developments
within the complex phenomenon of French presidentialism within a
party system. In this thorough analysis, John Gaffney looks at the
institutional, political and electoral 'moments' of 2002, which saw
both presidential and legislative elections and a major upheaval in
the political life of France. Bringing together a range of
scholars, the volume includes contributions from historians,
political scientists, economists, cultural studies experts and
media experts to offer a thorough and textured analysis of French
politics.
First published in 1997, this volume examines the presidential
elections, one of the central events of the democratic process in
France, and arguably the main organising principle of French
politics since 1962, provide an opportunity to assess the
development of the regime. More significantly, they allow us to
asses modifications to the office of president and to French
Presidentialism which are both reflected in an affected by the
electoral campaign and the elections themselves. This book provides
such an assessment, with specific reference to the candidates,
issues and events of the 1995 Presidential elections.
The French elections of 2002 provided an opportunity to assess the
political development of the regime, and in particular developments
within the complex phenomenon of French presidentialism within a
party system. In this thorough analysis, John Gaffney looks at the
institutional, political and electoral 'moments' of 2002, which saw
both presidential and legislative elections and a major upheaval in
the political life of France. Bringing together a range of
scholars, the volume includes contributions from historians,
political scientists, economists, cultural studies experts and
media experts to offer a thorough and textured analysis of French
politics.
Political Parties and the European Union offers a panoramic survey
of the political parties of contemporary Europe. It covers party
politics from Scandinavia to Greece, focusing on how parties in the
individual member states have responded to the processes of
European integration. Despite a trend towards political
convergence, national traditions continue to shape politics across
Europe. In order to reflect, and do justice to, the diversity of
political cultures, the book combines case studies, comparative
approaches and supranational perspectives. It examines the history
of the main national parties, offers new comparative perspectives
on communist, green and extreme right parties, and analyses party
politics at the European level.
This textbook for comparative courses on European politics and for
courses on the European Union provides a survey of the political
parties of Europe. It contains chapters on the main parties of the
largest EU countries from the Gaullists in France to PASOK in
Greece. The case studies look at parties initially from the
domestic perspective and then work outwards, examining the history
of each party within Europe, its policies, its awareness of and
attitudes to Europe and the cultural environment in which it
operates. There are general chapters on Irish political parties and
Scandinavian political parties in the context of their relationship
with the European Union, and the book also contains comparative
chapters which look at specific parties - Communist, Green and
extreme-right - across the European Union. The final section of the
book discusses the importance of political parties as determinants
of European integration, focusing on trans-national federations and
the role of the main groups - Christian Democrat and Socialist -
within the European parliament. An introduction situates the
chapters within an historical, comparative and theoretical
framework.
The 1950s and 1960s were a key moment in the development of postwar
France. The period was one of rapid change, derived from post-World
War II economic and social modernization; yet many traditional
characteristics were retained. By analyzing the eruption of the new
postwar world in the context of a France that was both modern and
traditional, we can see how these worlds met and interacted, and
how they set the scene for the turbulent 1960s and 70s. The
examination of the development of mass culture in post-war France,
undertaken in this volume, offers a valuable insight into the
shifts that took place. By exploring stardom from the domain of
cinema and other fields, represented here by famous figures such as
Brigitte Bardot, Johnny Hallyday or Jean-Luc Godard, and less
conventionally treated areas of enquiry (politics [de Gaulle],
literary [Francoise Sagan], and intellectual culture
[Levi-Strauss]) the reader is provided with a broad understanding
of the mechanisms of popularity and success, and their cultural,
social, and political roles. The picture that emerges shows that
many cultural articulations remained or became identifiably
"French," in spite of the American mass-culture origins of these
social, economic, and cultural transformations.
Analyses of leadership speeches by David Owen, David Steel, Neil
Kinnock and Margaret Thatcher. The author examines how the leader's
conference speech reveals both the constraints upon and the
possibilities for the national presentation of personalized
political leadership in Britain.
This work examines 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 role played by
language in the political practice of representative democracy is
emphasised. The study looks at the relationship in French political
culture between language and political practice, aiming to throw
new light on the role of myth in moden politics and to open up new
ground in political theory concerning party politics and leadership
theory. John Gaffney's previous publications include research on
the inner city riots, political leadership in Britain, French
political culture and political discourse.
The relationships between narrative and leadership, between
rhetoric and performance, between doctrine and its voicing, are
crucial to party politics and are underrated by both practising
politicians and scholars. This study analyses the 'performance of
leadership' in the UK Labour Party, and what this means for a new
approach to understanding politics. The main focus of this study is
the five-year leadership of Ed Miliband, 2010-2015. The fortunes of
the party and the party leadership can be apprehended as a series
of performed rhetorical events. A political leader's persona is a
construction that performs - rather like an actor - in the
political space. The author identifies and analyses the
architecture and the modalities of leadership persona construction
and performance in contemporary politics.
The 1950s and 1960s were a key moment in the development of postwar
France. The period was one of rapid change, derived from post-World
War II economic and social modernization; yet many traditional
characteristics were retained. By analyzing the eruption of the new
postwar world in the context of a France that was both modern and
traditional, we can see how these worlds met and interacted, and
how they set the scene for the turbulent 1960s and 70s. The
examination of the development of mass culture in post-war France,
undertaken in this volume, offers a valuable insight into the
shifts that took place. By exploring stardom from the domain of
cinema and other fields, represented here by famous figures such as
Brigitte Bardot, Johnny Hallyday or Jean-Luc Godard, and less
conventionally treated areas of enquiry (politics [de Gaulle],
literary [Francoise Sagan], and intellectual culture
[Levi-Strauss]) the reader is provided with a broad understanding
of the mechanisms of popularity and success, and their cultural,
social, and political roles. The picture that emerges shows that
many cultural articulations remained or became identifiably
"French," in spite of the American mass-culture origins of these
social, economic, and cultural transformations.
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In recent years the ability of holistic social theories to account
for the rights, duties, even the reality, of the individual have
been called into question more and more. At the same time, interest
in individualism in a whole variety of forms has been gaining
ground, both as an object of study and as a methodology in itself.
Individualism brings together essays by eminent social scientists
from many countries. They discuss the question of individualism
from a historical, methodological, hermeneutical, political, and
sociological point of view and try to reconcile methodological
individualism with the classical approach of sociological theory,
based on collective identity. The contributors are: Bertrand Badie,
Pierre Birnbaum, Raymond Boudon, Francois Chazel, Jon Elster,
Ernest Gellner, Guy Hermet, Georges Lavau, Jean Leca, Alessandro
Pizzorno, Adam Przeworski, and Charles Tilly.
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