POL SCI 50 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Party System, French Third Republic, French Fifth Republic
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Can"t count on a political culture, the institutions have to be self-sustainable. Within the institutions youve been able to identify 3 things. Debrais: france needed a strong executive branch that could discipline the legislature. Article 49: creates something like the british parliament (prime minister and cabinet are able to enjoy the benefit of a series of an institutional instrument to impose their will on legislation. Laws with no votes for ex chiraq getting through economic reform in labour law. Tax penalty of firing somebody is disincentive to hire in first place. Even o"neil notes the discreptancies of the french welfare state. Chiraq couldn"t get it passed because of national expectation but got it passed by motion of center and as a law without a vote. 6 months later he had to go back and repeal. Emmanual mancrot is trying to do this now. In the fourth republic there is a debate in the national assembly and tempers flair.
