Fifth Republic at Twenty

William G. Andrews is Professor of Political Science at the State University College of New York at Brockport. He is the author of French Politics and Algeria and other books on comparative politics. Stanley Hoffmann , Professor of Government at Harvard University, also directs Harvard's Center for European Studies. He is coauthor of In Search of France, author of Decline or Renewal? France Since the 1930s, and other books on international politics.

• Preface Key to Abbreviations 1. Introduction: The Impact of France on the Fifth RepublicWilliam G. Andrews I. Government 2. The Constitution of 1958: Its Raison d'Etre and How It EvolvedMichel Debré 3. The Collective Political Executive under the GaullistsWilliam G. Andrews 4. Parliament in the Fifth RepublicJohn R. Frears 5. Administrative Reform and the Problem of DecentralizationEzra N. Suleiman II. Politics 6. The RPR: From a Rassemblement to the Gaullist MovementWilliam R. Schonfeld 7. Gaullism Abandoned or the Cost of SuccessPeter Alexis Gourevitch 8. Centrism in the Fifth Republic: An Attitude in Search of an InstrumentWilliam Safran 9. The Effects of Twenty Years of Gaullism on the Parties of the LeftGeorges Lavau 10. The French Left in the Fifth RepublicFrank L. Wilson 11. The French Left and the Transformation of French Society: Sisyphus RevisitedMark Kesselman III. The Economy 12. The French Economy under the Fifth Republic, 1958–1978Bela Balassa 13. The Gaullist Model of Economic ModernizationVolkmar Lauber 14. Twenty Years of the Gaullist EconomyStephen S. Cohen 15. The Interventionist Temptation: Financial Structure and Political PurposeJohn Zysman 16. The Corporatist Dynamic of Agricultural Modernization in the Fifth RepublicJohn T. S. Keeler 17. Lame Ducks and National Champions: Industrial Policy in the Fifth RepublicSuzanne Berger 18. Energy Policies of the Fifth Republic: Autonomy versus ConstraintRobert J. Lieber IV. Society and Culture 19. Gaullism and Organized Labor: Two Decades of Failure?George Ross 20. Gaullism and Collective Bargaining: The Effect of the Fifth Republic on French Industrial RelationsJanice McCormick 21. The Fifth Republic and Education: Modernity, Democracy, CulturePaul Gagnon 22. France's Cultural Anxieties under Gaullism: The Cultural Revolution RevistedMichel Crozier V. Foreign and Defense Policies 23. The Fifth Republic in EuropeA. W. De Porte 24. French Disarmament and Arms Control Policy: The Gaullist Heritage in QuestionEdward A. Kolodziej 25. Consensus, Confusion, and Confrontation in France: The Left in Search of a Defense PolicyMichael M. Harrison 26. Conclusion: The Impact of the Fifth Republic on FranceStanley Hoffmann Appendix: Dialogue: Michel Debré with Conference Participants Contributors Index