The French Socialist Party: The Emergence of a Party of Government

by D.S. Bell and Byron Criddle

This topical study examines the historic significance of the recent rise to power of the French Socialist party. Newly revised and updated, it traces the transformation of the Party from a marginal group of the Left in 1969 to the party of government following Mitterrand's dramatic victory in 1981. Examining the evolution of party objectives in the long quest for power, and specific areas of party activity, the work demonstrates that while a strategic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198228708
• ISBN13: 9780198228707
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"