Download or read book Developments in French Politics 4 written by Alistair Cole and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provides a systematic assessment of French Politics under Chirac and of the new political era opened up by the election of Nicolas Sarkozy. It focuses on the breakdown of the traditional statist, integrationist and republican model and the capacity of the French Political system to reform itself to meet the needs of the 21st Century.