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Political Life in France Political Life in France
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The Study of Political Life in France The Study of Political Life in France
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The Approach of the Handbook The Approach of the Handbook
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The Plan of the Book The Plan of the Book
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Conclusion Conclusion
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References References
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1 A Framework for a Comparative Politics of France
Get accessRobert Elgie (1965–2019) was Paddy Moriarty Professor of Government and International Studies at Dublin City University since 2001, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy since 2017. After receiving his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1992 he held university positions in Loughborough, Limerick, and Nottingham. He was a founding editor of the journal French Politics and review editor of Government and Opposition. Robert has published numerous books and articles on semi-presidentialism and political leadership from a comparative perspective, and on French politics.
Centre d’études européennes de Sciences Po
Amy G. Mazur is professor of political science at Washington State University. She is coeditor of Political Research Quarterly. Her recent publications include Politics, Gender and Concepts (edited with Gary Goertz, Cambridge University Press, 2008) and The Politics of State Feminism: Innovation in Comparative Research (Temple University Press, 2010, with Dorothy McBride).
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Published:10 January 2017
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Abstract
The larger comparative theory-building and stocktaking goals and questions, and the plan of the book, are presented in this chapter. The major dynamics and developments of French political life are discussed in terms of explaining and understanding the evolution of French politics. The next section provides an overview of French political science to situate the analysis of the study of French politics both inside and outside France in the chapters that follow. The outside-in/inside-out approach of the book is next highlighted in terms of how the vast majority of the chapters follow a common three-part comparative framework: the development of the study of French politics first outside and then inside France and then the emerging research agenda. The chapter then outlines the book’s structure in three sections: conceptual foundations, large-scale processes, and comparative politics dimensions—institutions; parties, elections, and voters; civil society; and policy and policymaking, both domestic and international.
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