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The aim of this book is, through an analysis of the first half of François Hollande’s five-year presidential term, to grasp the strengths and weaknesses of presidential politics following the left’s return to power in 2012 and, further, to understand the underlying nature of contemporary French politics, and the Fifth Republic itself. A consequent subtheme to our analysis is to demonstrate that the Fifth Republic is ‘dysfunctional’; this in great part because of the manner in which political observers and actors have understood this singular republic and its ‘performative requirements’. We shall analyse how François Hollande, as President, acted ‘out of category’.
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Gaffney, J. (2015). Understanding the French Presidency. In: France in the Hollande Presidency. French Politics, Society and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137453914_1
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