Political Traditions in Modern France

About this book

This integrated account of French political experience describes three key features: the role of political ideas; the nature of political movements; and the significance of history in creating and sustaining divisions among political groups. It has chapters on the roles of intellectuals, the ideologies of republicanism, clericalism, nationalism and the functions of the state. The last four chapters examine the political traditions of liberalism, socialism, Gaullism and Communism.