Abstract
The impact of personalism in the case of the French Communist Party is perpetually refracted by its organisational and doctrinal traditions. In the case of the Parti socialiste (PS) the impact is more dramatic and has radical organisational effects. From 1971 one of the strongest organising principles within the PS was that presidential power could provide the essential conditions for power in the legislature, regions, localities and administration, and therefore that the party’s purpose was to stimulate and sustain a campaign for the presidency of France.
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Discourse and Organisation: The Socialists
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Gaffney, J. (1989). Discourse and Organisation: The Socialists. In: The French Left and the Fifth Republic. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19741-5_6
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