Paris and the Provinces - Peter Gourevitch

Paris and the Provinces

The Politics of Local Government Reform in France
Buch | Hardcover
268 Seiten
2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-35771-3 (ISBN)
114,70 inkl. MwSt
First published in 1980, Paris and the Provinces explores why reforms of central-local relations in France have been so ineffectual. Professor Gourevitch discovers the cause in party politics and personal rivalries. The struggle for dominance among different parties (Gaullists, Communists, Socialists, Christian Democrats, Independents and others) and individuals (De Gaulle, Giscard, Chirac, Mitterand, Marchais, etc.) has influenced virtually every aspect of institutional reform, from the creation of the regional administration and delineation of its powers to the delegation of specific responsibilities to cities and towns.

Conflict over the mechanisms that link local life to the national government is by no means limited to France. This book closely examines comparable events in Italy and analyses the factors that differentiate the strength of ‘ethnically’ based challenges to central authority in Britain, Spain, Belgium, Yugoslavia and Canada, from the relative weakness of such challenges in France, Italy and Germany. By evaluating the territorial distribution between the capital and the countryside as both an influence on and an object of policy, Paris and the Provinces contributes significantly to understanding the connections between party politics and policy formation and will be of interest to students of political science, government, and public policy.

Peter Alexis Gourevitch

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The New Criticism: The Re-emergence of Anti-Jacobin Analyses of the Areal Distribution of Powers in France 2. Alternative Explanations: The Importance of Politics 3. What Solutions? 4. Missed Opportunities: The Founding of Two Republics, 1945-1962 5. Whither Gaullism?: Alternative Coalitions and Strategies 6. Gaullism after Algeria, 1962-1969 7. Governing without De Gaulle, 1969-1978 8. The Left and the Reform of Local Government, 1945-1978 9. Alternative Outcomes: The Creation of Regional Government in Italy 10. Decentralization, Regionalism, and the Revival of Peripheral Nationalisms: Some Comparative Speculations 11. Conclusions Bibliography Index Map of the regions and departments of France

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Revivals
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 540 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 1-032-35771-1 / 1032357711
ISBN-13 978-1-032-35771-3 / 9781032357713
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