POS 4956
French Political Institutions, History, and Culture
Spring Break 2005
Intensive Study Abroad at the Paris Research Center
Professor Richard Conley
Department of Political Science
University of Florida
Monday Readings & Itinerary (French Revolution)
* Early afternoon lecture at the Paris Research Center & Visit to Ile-de-la-Cité
* La Conciergerie
* World War II Deportations Memorial
* Notre Dame Cathedral
George E. Rude, “The Outbreak of the French Revolution.” Past and Present, No. 8 (1955), 28-42.
Bruce Mazlish, The French Revolution in Comparative Perspective. Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 85 (June 1970), 240-58.
Hans Kohn, “Napoleon and the Age of Nationalism,” Journal of Modern History, Vol. 22 (March 1950), 21-37.
John Hellman, “Memory, History, and National Identity in Vichy France,” Modern & Contemporary France, Vol. 9 (2001), 37-42.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/jewish_deportation_01.shtml
Tuesday Readings & Itinerary
(National Institutions and the Constitution of the Fifth Republic)
* Site visits to Presidency, National Assembly, Senate, and Constitutional Council
* Evening group dinner
The National Assembly & Prime Minister
http://www.assemblee-nat.fr/english/index.asp
http://www.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/en/
Palais Élysée (Presidency)
http://www.elysee.fr/ang/index.shtm
The Conseil constitutionnel (Constitutional Council)
http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/langues/anglais/ang4.htm
John Gaffney, “Protocol, Image, and Discourse in Political Leadership Competition: The Case of Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, 1997-2002,” Modern & Contemporary France, Vol. 10 (August 2002), 313-23.
Alistair Cole, “French Socialists in Office: Lessons from Mitterrand and Jospin,” Modern & Contemporary France, Vol. 7 (1999), 71-87.
Wednesday Readings & Itinerary
(Elections & Representation )
* Château de Versailles & the Museum of the French Parliament
Patrice Buffotot and David Hanley, “The Normalisation of French Politics? The Elections of 2002,” Modern & Contemporary France, Vol. 11 (May 2003).
Catherine Fieschi, “Rally Politics and Political Organisation: An Institutionalist Perspective on the French Far Right,” Modern & Contemporary France, Vol. 8 (2000), 71-89.
“French Political Parties, Globalisation, and Europe.” Modern & Contemporary France, Vol. 9 (August 2001).
Thursday Readings & Itinerary (World War II)
* Site visits in Normandy—Bayeux, Omaha Beach
http://www.ehistory.com/wwii/books/normandy/index.cfm
Friday Readings & Itinerary (Foreign Policy & the EU)
* Site visit to the Museum of the Invalides
* Group dinner
Andrew Williams, “France and the New World Order, 1940-47,” Modern & Contemporary France, Vol. 8 (May 2000).
Daniel Vernet, “The Dilemma of French Foreign Policy,” International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affaires), Vol. 68 (1992), 655-64.