ABSTRACT

A chronological look at French Politics. Politics in action is such a confused battleground that political analysis runs the risk of over-clarification. Confusion was not lacking in French politics between 1981 and 1988, and the author thought it useful to describe the manner in which events happened before attempting to sort out their meaning. T

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|32 pages

Genesis

chapter 2|62 pages

Twenty-one Months on the Left

chapter 3|37 pages

Thirty-six Months at the Center

chapter 4|30 pages

What the Socialists Accomplished

chapter 5|26 pages

From Confrontation to Cohabitation

chapter 6|19 pages

Foreign Policy in the Septennat

chapter 7|12 pages

Mitterrand II