A core text for undergraduates studying the political institutions of contemporary France. It provides an accessible introduction to the government and politics of France by focusing on the institutions of the Fifth Republic. It contains key information about the legal and constitutionalpowers of the country's political institutions and party system, about the procedures and practices of the decision-making process and about the general development of the political system since 1958. | Political Institutions in Contemporary France by Robert Elgie, Paperback | Indigo Chapters