Course Details
Country:
France
Institution:
Sciences Po - Paris campus
Course Title:
FRENCH POLITICS, UNDERSTANDING THE STAKES OF FRENCH POLITICAL LIFE (1958-2019)
Course Number:
ASPO 25A13
Course Description:
This 12 weeks' lecture course in political science is dedicated to the presentation, discussion and analysis of the main stakes of French political life, with a particular focus on presidential elections. This course will consist in explaining the historical institutional role and attributions of the main power figures in French politics (President of the Republic, Prime minister, leaders of the National assembly and Senate, MPs) and outline the stakes of recent and past presidential elections (2002, 2007, 2012, 2017); it will also present the main political parties, the essential actors as well as the ongoing questions of French politics, and relate them to French political history since the birth of the current Fifth Republic in 1958. How to explain the spectacular rise of Emmanuel Macron? Have we entered a new political world? How to understand the strength of the National Front in French politics? These are some questions, among others,
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 444, GOVT 398
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