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| Tables and Figures | |
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| Preface | |
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| Abbreviations and Acronyms | |
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| France: The Historical and Constitutional Background | |
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| The Legacy of the Revolution | |
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| The Rise and Fall of the Fourth Republic | |
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| The Sources and Nature of the Fifth Republic Constitution | |
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| Constitutional Interpretation and Adaptation | |
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| The Economic and Social Context | |
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| Economic Development | |
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| Population Growth | |
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| Industrial Modernization and Globalization | |
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| Social Classes and Mobility | |
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| Religion, Culture, and Citizenship | |
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| Immigration, Naturalization, and Integration | |
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| Ethnocultural Challenges | |
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| The Educational System | |
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| Democratizing and Modernizing the School System | |
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| Research, Science, and Cultural Policy | |
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| The Position of Women | |
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| Political Attitudes | |
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| Civic-Mindedness and Incivisme | |
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| Verbal and Practical Behavior | |
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| The Street as a Political Arena | |
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| Conceptions of the State | |
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| National Identity | |
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| Political Parties and Elections | |
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| The Political Left: The Socialist Party | |
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| The Communists | |
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| The Political Right: The Evolution of Gaullism From the RPR to the UMP | |
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| The Political "Center": From Classic Provincialism to the UDF | |
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| The Old Center | |
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| The Elections of 1974 and the Emergence of Giscardo-Centrism | |
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| The Left in Power: 1981 and After | |
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| Rotations: Opposition Challenges to Incumbents, 1986-1995 | |
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| The Right and Center in Opposition | |
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| The Rise of the National Front | |
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| The Parliamentary Election of 1986: Introduction to Power Sharing | |
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| The Presidential and Parliamentary Elections of 1988 | |
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| The Greens | |
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| The Parliamentary Elections of 1993: The Confusion and Collapse of the Left | |
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| The Victory of the Right | |
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| The Marginalization of the Environmentalists and the Containment of the Extreme Right | |
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| The Chirac Era | |
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| The Presidential Elections of 1995: Antecedents and Consequences | |
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| The Parliamentary Elections of 1997: Refragmentation | |
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| The Elections of 2002: Toward a Return to Bipolarity | |
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| The lections of 2007 | |
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| The Functional Relevance of Political Parties | |
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| Unnatural Alliances | |
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| Political Wanderings | |
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| The Place of Ideology | |
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| Voters' Choices, Programs, and Personalities | |
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| The Electoral System: Its Impact on Parties and Voting Behavior | |
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| Political Fringe Groups, Clubs, and Movements | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| Interest Groups | |
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| Trade Unions | |
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| Business Associations | |
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| Agriculture | |
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| Students and Teachers | |
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| Miscellaneous Interest Groups | |
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| The Access and Input of Interest Groups | |
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| Pluralist, Corporatist, and Other Models of Interest-Group Politics | |
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| Instruments and Patterns of Decision Making: The Executive | |
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| The Position of the President | |
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| The Prime Ministers | |
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| Cohabitation I: Precedent-Setting Pattern or Political Parenthesis? | |
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| Cohabitation II: A "Civilized" Waiting Game | |
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| Cohabitation III: Co-Decision Making or a Neo-Parliamentary Regime? | |
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| The Government | |
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| The Construction and Reshuffling of Cabinets | |
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| The Executive and Parliament | |
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| Emergency Powers | |
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| The President and Charisma | |
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| Instruments and Patterns of Decision Making: The Parliament | |
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| Parliament in the Fifth Republic | |
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| The Committee System | |
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| The Senate | |
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| Limits on Parliamentary Decision Making | |
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| The Constitutional Council | |
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| Questions and Censure Motions | |
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| The Incompatibility Rule | |
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| The Role of the Deputy | |
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| The Administrative System | |
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| Background, Structure, and Recruitment | |
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| The Political Complexion of Civil Servants | |
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| Controls over the Civil Service | |
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| Subnational Administration | |
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| The Commune | |
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| Administrative Reform and Decentralization | |
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| The Reforms of 1981-1983 | |
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| The Administration of Paris | |
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| Corsica and Overseas Territories | |
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| Functional Decentralization | |
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| Law, Justice, and Civil Liberties | |
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| The Judicial System | |
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| Justice and the Democratic State | |
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| The Legal Protection of Aliens and Minorities | |
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| The Police | |
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| Freedom of Expression | |
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| Political Changes and Public Policies | |
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| Economic Policy from the Liberation to the Giscard Presidency | |
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| The Experiment with Capitalist Planning | |
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| Economic Policy Under the Mitterrand Presidency | |
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| The Politics of Austerity | |
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| The First Chirac Government and the Politics of Neoliberalism | |
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| The Governments of Rocard, Cresson, and B�r�govoy: The Limits of Socialism | |
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| The Balladur Government: Redressement and Rigueur | |
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| Economic Policy Under the Chirac Presidency | |
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| The Jupp� Plan | |
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| The Jospin Government: Squaring the Circle | |
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| Raffarin's Policies: Pressures and Constraints | |
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| The Villepin Interlude: Economic patriotism | |
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| Sarkozy's Ambitions and Prospects | |
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| Aspects of Foreign Policy | |
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| France and Europe | |
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| Constitutional and Institutional Issues: Conclusions | |
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| Index | |