The French Fifth Republic at Fifty: Beyond Stereotypes

France the Unexceptional; A.Appleton PART I: DECISION-MAKING INSTITUTIONS Studying the Presidency under the Fifth Republic: Past Approaches and Future Perspectives; R.Elgie Governments under the Fifth Republic: The Changing Instruments/Weapons of Executive Control; E.Grossman Gone with the Wind? The National Assembly under the Fifth Republic; E.Kerrouche The French Party System: Fifty Years of Change; N.Sauger The Constitutional Council: The Rising Regulator of French Politics; S.Brouard Defence and Armed Forces: The End of the Nuclear Monarchy?; B.Irondelle France, Europe and the World: Foreign Policy and the Political Regime of The Fifth Republic; R.Balme PART II: INSTITUTIONS AND STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS Economic Interventionism in the Fifth Republic; B.Clift Patterns of Public Budgeting in the French Fifth Republic: From Hierarchical Control To Multi-Level Governance; F.Baumgartner , A.François & M.Foucault Rethinking Social Protection in the Fifth Republic: 'Buttressed Liberalization' in an Age of Austerity; M.Vail Local/Regional Governments and Centre-Periphery Relations in the Fifth Republic; P.le Galès & G.Pinson The Demise of Statism? Associations and the Transformation of Interest Intermediation in France; C.Woll PART III: THE REPUBLICAN UNIVERSAL MODEL AS INSTITUTION Republican Universalism Faces the Feminist Challenge: The Continuing Struggle for Gender Equality; E.Lépinard & A.Mazur Race, Racism and Anti-Discrimination in France; A.C.d'Appolina