Exam 3: France

Which of the following is an issue that the French currently quarrel about?

Which of the following are on the political right?

Legislative immobilisme helps to ensure that parliament and the president are able to agree on matters of important public policy.

Which of the following do the French overproduce?

What is political culture? Discuss at least three elements of French political culture. In your discussion, provide a historical explanation for that element as well as a contemporary implication.

Hollande is widely considered to have rescued the French economy by drastically cutting the French welfare state and implementing reforms that made the workforce more flexible.

French voters __________ a new EU Constitution in 2005, which is indicative of their feelings toward __________ in France and the EU.

Voltaire's writings epitomized __________, which was an eighteenth-century philosophical movement that advocated reason and tolerance rather than blind religious rule.

France is a decentralized system with strong local government.

France has a multiparty system that generally functions as two blocs: left and right.

Which best characterizes the French electorate?

The French __________, whose role is primarily __________, acts as a brake against ill-considered legislation.

Former French president __________, elected in 2007, is one of the few politicians or bureaucrats in recent history to not be a product of one of the Great Schools.

What were the primary failures of the French Fourth Republic? Discuss the sources of these failures. Provide examples.

Which of the following French philosophers claimed that checks and balances in government can ensure that liberty is preserved?

Which of the following is a power held by the French president?

If you were a working-class French man or woman residing in an urban area, you would also likely be __________ and support candidates on the political __________.

According to Crane Brinton, which of the following is the last stage of revolution?

France has a semipresidential system. What exactly does this mean? Specifically, address the roles of the executive and legislative branches in this system. Would you recommend the semipresidential system for other countries? Explain why or why not.

What institutional elements make the French Fifth Republic more stable and less prone to immobilisme than the French Fourth Republic? Explain how these institutions generate stability and effective governance.