21G.053
Understanding Contemporary French Politics
See description under subject 21L.622[J] . Enrollment limited.
Spring 2014
Topics
- The Imperial Presidency
- May 1968: A Moral Revolution?
- A New Generation
- The Socialist Era
- The Liberal Turning Point and the Cohabitation
- Revisiting France’s Past
- European Doubts
- Identities and the Nation
- A New Political System?
- Final Statement
- “Presidential Debate”
Readings
- Forbes, Jill, and Michael Kelly, eds. French Cultural Studies: An Introduction . Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780198715016.
- Brouard, Sylvain, Andrew Appleton, and Amy G. Mazur, eds. The French Fifth Republic at Fifty: Beyond Stereotypes . Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. ISBN: 9780230221246.
- Chafer, Tony, and Emmanuel Godin, eds. The End of the French Exception? Decline and Revival of the “French Model” . Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. ISBN: 9780230220782.
- Drake, Helen. Contemporary France . Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. ISBN: 9780333792445.
- The Settlement of the Fifth Republic (1958–1974)
- Charles de Gaulle, Discourse at Bayeux (1946) Translation in Cogan, Charles G. Charles de Gaulle: A Brief Biography with Documents . Bedford / Saint Martin’s, 1995, pp. 183–5. ISBN: 9780312107901.
- 3 · May 1968: A Moral Revolution?
- The Liberalization of the Regime (1974–1988)
- The Times of Crises (1988–Present)
Prerequisites & course information
Same subject as 21L.622[J] Prereq: None U (Fall) Not offered regularly; consult department 3-0-9 units. HASS-S; CI-H Credit cannot also be received for 21G.353[J] , 21L.630[J]
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Spring 2014
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
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