POLSCI 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: French Communist Party, Place De La Bastille, Nicolas Sarkozy
25 Dec 2016
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Economic crisis, unemployment, excessive pay and privileges for businessmen and large stockholders. Concerned with immigration and foreign goods coming through frontiers. Make required declarations by public officials of wealth and income far more demanding to moralize politics. Environmental and health consequences of genetically modified organisms. French revolution began with establishment of constitutional monarchy 1791. Caused by growing dissatisfaction among rising bourgeoisie and urban population. Conflict between middle class and lower class components kept republican government ineffective. Made by struggle between republicans and monarchists. Longest regime, lasted through ww1 to france"s defeat in ww1. Narrow government coalitions, same parties and same leaders participated. Weak leaders couldn"t handle tension of cold war. De gaulle established after threat of civil war arose over algeria. Paris supports income 50% higher than rest of the nation and low unemployment. Highest concentration of foreigners, deep divisions between wealthy and poorer towns. France ranks among the wealthiest nations of the world.
