Le quinquennat

Réflexions sur nos institutions
Third Edition

Preface by Robert Badinter

Cette nouvelle édition répond aux questions que se posent les citoyens sur le quinquennat, à la fois par une confrontation de la Cinquième République aux grandes démocraties qui l'entourent et au regard des débats les plus actuels... Read More

Reducing the length of the presidential term from seven to five years—what could be simpler? A new number, a single word changed in the constitution. Thanks to the oft expressed will of French citizens, the president's reign is shorter. The people have been heard.

Except for those who object; to them a half-decade term changes the very nature of French institutions. The majority of those who hold this opinion emphasize that it presidentializes the Fifth Republic. Others base their refusal on exactly the opposite view, that the new term limit reinforces the weight of the parties, threatening a regime of the assembly. The matter becomes complicated.

A third view emerges: that the five year term inevitably drives France toward an American style presidential regime. Such a chain of events is dreaded by conservatives, but the hope of progressives. The fog thickens.

What are we to think of these different positions? Is the five year term a good or a bad thing? What does it really change? These are the sort of questions French citizens pose. This new edition responds to them, both by examining the confrontation between the Fifth Republic and the great democracies encircling it, and by looking at more current debates.

Olivier Duhamel, Professor at the Sciences Po Universities, Director of the review Pouvoirs, and Reviewer at France-Culture and LCI, has participated in the Vedel (1993) and Balladur (2007) commissions on the revision of the constitution.


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Publisher
Presses de Sciences Po
Edition
3
Author
Olivier Duhamel,
Preface by
Robert Badinter,
Collection
Bibliothèque du citoyen
Language
French
Tags
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Publisher Category
> Political Science > French Politics
Publisher Category
> Politics
BISAC Subject Heading
POL000000 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Onix Audience Codes
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CLIL (Version 2013-2019)
3283 SCIENCES POLITIQUES
Title First Published
08 August 2008
Subject Scheme Identifier Code
Thema subject category: Politics and government

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Publication Date
08 August 2008
ISBN-13
978-2-7246-1077-2
Extent
Main content page count : 144
Code
978-2-7246-1077-2
Weight
150 grams
List Price
10.50 €
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Version 2.1, Version 3

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Publication Date
08 August 2008
ISBN-13
9782724687064
Product Content
Text (eye-readable)
Extent
Main content page count : 144
Code
9782724687064
Technical Protection ebook
Adobe DRM
List Price
6.99 €
ONIX XML
Version 2.1, Version 3

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Contents


CHAPITRE 1. Petite histoire du quinquennat
CHAPITRE 2 . Sept ans, c'est trop long
CHAPITRE 3 . 7 + 5 = 3
CHAPITRE 4. Deux constitutions
CHAPITRE 5 . Vices de la cohabitation
CHAPITRE 6 . Le régime présidentiel
CHAPITRE 7. Le système primo-ministériel
CHAPITRE 8. Le septennat non renouvelable
CHAPITRE 9. Les 5 ans/4 ans
CHAPITRE 10. Le choix du quinquennat
CHAPITRE 11. Éternellement renouvelable ?
CHAPITRE 12. Le calendrier électoral
CHAPITRE 13. La voie du référendum
CHAPITRE 14. Ce que le quinquennat change
CHAPITRE 15. Au deuxième quinquennat, et après …