POLI 211 Lecture Notes - Dreyfus Affair, May 1958 Crisis In France, Centralized Government

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 211
• Professor: Fillippo Sabetti

Document Summary

Came to study the american system to better understand the french in the 1830s. From the front populaire to the vichy state. Liberation in the cold war: fifth republic since 1958. Bottom of page 4 and beginning of page 5. Two empires: napoleon for the first, napoleon the third. Five republics and the fifth republic was established in 1958 as a result of the. In spite of the changes that have taken place, administratively, the government system in france, at the bottom. The system of the public administration has remained invariant, and has not changed and has fundamentally remained the same. At the bottom, the local level, the bureaucratic administration [page 169 of course pack] The paradox: things change in order to remain the same. There is a progressive view [revolution] and a conservative view [ oppose changes ] The rich variety of political ideas [political families] The left, the center, the right, page 171.