Beautifully written and logically organized, The French Polity, Sixth Edition, provides vital insight into the changing and constant character of the intricate French political scene.

Recent, sometimes dramatic, changes have taken place in French politics in the last several years. This book features comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of contemporary French politics, policy, and society with a lucid institutional approach that focuses on the executive, political parties, parliament, the judiciary, and interest groups, as well as civil liberties, public policy, and administration.