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Former Leaders in France

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Former Leaders in Modern Democracies

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Abstract

In entering on this topic the problem of what the literature calls French ‘exceptionalism’ is immediately encountered. A review of the careers of the top political figures of the French Fifth Republic (1958–) illustrates that, although the presidency may be the summit of political ambition, the role of prime minister is a staging post to other things and is not the crucial position. In fact it is difficult to say what might be considered the pinnacle of a French political career in an institutional sense, and few politicians have considered the Matignon to be so.

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  1. David S. Bell
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Leeds, UK

    Kevin Theakston (Professor of British Government and Head of the School of Politics) (Professor of British Government and Head of the School of Politics)

  2. Leiden University, the Netherlands

    Jouke de Vries (Professor of Public Administration and Dean of Campus Den Haag) (Professor of Public Administration and Dean of Campus Den Haag)

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Bell, D.S. (2012). Former Leaders in France. In: Theakston, K., de Vries, J. (eds) Former Leaders in Modern Democracies. Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137265319_7

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