Presidential Government in Gaullist France: A Study of Executive-Legislative Relations, 1958-1974

by William G. Andrews

In Presidential Government in Gaullist France, William G. Andrews describes and explains the basic character of executive-legislative relations in Gaullist France from 1958 to 1974. He demonstrates that the Fifth Republic became presidential despite its parliamentary constitution because of changes made by DeGaulle that were compatible with the emergent character of French society. The information is provided in a conceptual framework that gives it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873956052
• ISBN13: 9780873956055
• Release Date: June 1983
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.