Edited by a new team on leading authorities of French politics 'Developments in French Politics 3' brings together specially written chapters by leading French and Anglo-American experts to provide a systematic and rigorously edited assessment of key issues, events and changes in French Politics under Chirac. Taking the breakdown of the traditional statist, integrationist and republican model as its starting point it examines the emerging new dynamics of the French political system today. (Résumé éditeur)