Gaullism with a Human Face?

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Abstract Any analysis of the contemporary situation in France runs up against a glaring paradox: how can the objective political strength of the socialist government be squared with the seemingly uninspired, stalemated status of its policy initiatives? Previously in the West, socialists had come to power only by participating in fragile coalitions or commanding precarious majorities. In either case, socialist governments had little room to maneuver. Hence, their policy options were constrained by external forces — some allied, some oppositional. Moreover, parliamentary rather than presidential systems further limited the autonomy and relative clout of executive power when, indeed, such power was vested in a prime minister.

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