An examination and analysis of contemporary France’s domestic and politics and French Society, the course is divided into four sections: 1) Evolutions in French Society since 1945, 2) French Political Institutions, 3) The Political Party System in France, and 4) The Games of the French Media
Method of presentation:
Lecture and discussion; student oral presentations
LANGUAGE OF PRESENTATION: French
Required work and form of assessment:
Attendance and Participation = 20%
Revues de Presse = 20% Mid-term = 30%
Final Exam = 30%
content:
Week 1
1.1: Introduction: Program presentation, bibliographical exercises
1.2: Panorama of the French press
Part 1: Evolutions of French society since 1945
Week 2: Liberation and Political Reconstruction in France
2.1 France Following World War II
2.2 Strengths and Weaknesses of the 4th Republic
Week 3
3.1 France and Decolonization
3.2 France and the European Construction
Week 4: Towards the 5th Republic
4.1 The AlgerianWar and De Gaulle’s Return to Power
4.2 Establishment of New Institutions
Part 2: French Political Institutions
Week 5: Executive Power
5.1 The President of the Republic and the Prime Minister
5.2 Cohabitation
Week 6: Leglislative and Judicial Powers
6.1 Parliament
6.2 The French Judicial System
Part 3: The Political Party System in France
Week 7
7.1 The Right and the Left
7.2 Mid Term Exam
Week 8
8.1 Political Ecology in France
8.2 The Extreme Right in France
Part 4: The Games of the French Media
Week 9 The French and Politics
9.1 A Democratic Representation Crisis
9.2 The 2002 Presidential Elections
Week 10
10.1 The Place of Women in French Society
10.2 Immigration and Racism in France
Week 11
11.1 Unemployment: A French Disease
11.2 35 Hour Work Week
Week 12
12.1 Violence and Insecurities
12.2 Final Exam
Required readings:
Galland, Olivier and Yannick Lemel (dir.). La nouvelle société française, trente années de mutations, A.Colin, 1998.
Becker, Jean-Jacques. Histoire politique de la France depuis 1945. A. Colin, 1994.
Borne, Dominique. Histoire de la société française depuis 1945. A. Colin, 1994.
La documentation française. “La Vè République, permanence et mutations, “ Cahiers Francais”, numero 300, janvier-fevrier 2001.
. “La société française contemporaine, ” Chaieres Francais, numero 291, mai-juin 1999. L’État de la France. La Découverte, 2000.
French Politics In A European Context
An examination and analysis of contemporary France’s domestic and politics and French Society, the course is divided into four sections: 1) Evolutions in French Society since 1945, 2) French Political Institutions, 3) The Political Party System in France, and 4) The Games of the French Media
Lecture and discussion; student oral presentations
LANGUAGE OF PRESENTATION: French
Attendance and Participation = 20%
Revues de Presse = 20% Mid-term = 30%
Final Exam = 30%
Week 1
1.1: Introduction: Program presentation, bibliographical exercises
1.2: Panorama of the French press
Part 1: Evolutions of French society since 1945
Week 2: Liberation and Political Reconstruction in France
2.1 France Following World War II
2.2 Strengths and Weaknesses of the 4th Republic
Week 3
3.1 France and Decolonization
3.2 France and the European Construction
Week 4: Towards the 5th Republic
4.1 The AlgerianWar and De Gaulle’s Return to Power
4.2 Establishment of New Institutions
Part 2: French Political Institutions
Week 5: Executive Power
5.1 The President of the Republic and the Prime Minister
5.2 Cohabitation
Week 6: Leglislative and Judicial Powers
6.1 Parliament
6.2 The French Judicial System
Part 3: The Political Party System in France
Week 7
7.1 The Right and the Left
7.2 Mid Term Exam
Week 8
8.1 Political Ecology in France
8.2 The Extreme Right in France
Part 4: The Games of the French Media
Week 9 The French and Politics
9.1 A Democratic Representation Crisis
9.2 The 2002 Presidential Elections
Week 10
10.1 The Place of Women in French Society
10.2 Immigration and Racism in France
Week 11
11.1 Unemployment: A French Disease
11.2 35 Hour Work Week
Week 12
12.1 Violence and Insecurities
12.2 Final Exam
Galland, Olivier and Yannick Lemel (dir.). La nouvelle société française, trente années de mutations, A.Colin, 1998.
Becker, Jean-Jacques. Histoire politique de la France depuis 1945. A. Colin, 1994.
Borne, Dominique. Histoire de la société française depuis 1945. A. Colin, 1994.
La documentation française. “La Vè République, permanence et mutations, “ Cahiers Francais”, numero 300, janvier-fevrier 2001.
. “La société française contemporaine, ” Chaieres Francais, numero 291, mai-juin 1999. L’État de la France. La Découverte, 2000.