Decentralization in Mitterrand's France

Article Abstract:

The French government consists of both central and local power. The recently empowered socialists promised decentralization as they ran for election. Legislation toward decentralization has begun. Socialist contradictions in policy, involving decentralization and program implementation, are analyzed. Power will be redistributed throughout the system through legislative reforms. Radical policy initiatives, especially those related to physical development, have been neglected due to the needs of balancing local interests. France's administrative climate since 1960, including the Fourth and Fifth Republics and Gaullist policy is analyzed. Following the 1981 election, the mayor of Marseilles became the Minister of the Interior and Decentralization. Opposition victories in 1982 and 1983 retarded decentralization.

Management, National government, Dosage and administration, Socialism, Federal government

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France: consensus without vision

Article Abstract:

There is agreement among the French regarding their form of government, making the political scene in the country more stable than it has ever been. The 1995 presidential election revealed this uniformity and it was the future place of France in the new Europe that was at stake. But the French are becoming individualistic with the loosening of the political connections and the idea of citizenship. Though the Liberal democracy has sustained it is gradually becoming procedural. The Fifth Republic is a turning point in the end of exceptionalism.

Democracy, Politics

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France's five cardinal sins

Article Abstract:

This article addresses the trans-Atlantic crisis in which NATO is splintering. The author argues France has contributed to NATO's problems by aligning themselves with Russia, hypocritically including themselves in the 'axis of peace', rejecting democratic ideals for demagogy, acting powerlessly during the inspections of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

France, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, French foreign relations

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