Chapter 1. 1958: The Gaullist Settlement and French Politics
The elements of the new republic in 1958
The birth of the new republic
Understanding the new republic
The characteristics of the new republic
Chapter 2. 1958-68: The Consolidation and Evolution of the Fifth Republic
The 1962 referendum and elections
Gaullism and the Gaullists
De Gaulle on the world stage
The new conditions of the republic
Chapter 3. 1968 and its Aftermath
Sous les Pavés, la Cinquième République
The unmediated relationship escapes to the streets
Personal leadership (and its rejection)
Chapter 4. 1969-74: Gaullism Without de Gaulle
The 1969 presidential election
The Pompidou presidency: 1969-74
Pompidou and the institutions
Pompidou and foreign affairs
Chapter 5. 1974-81: The Giscard Years
Slowing down the 'Marseillaise' then speeding it up again
Giscard and his presidency
Gaullism and Giscardianism
Chapter 6. 1981-88: From the République Sociale to the République Française
Chapter 7. 1988-2002: The Long Decade of Vindictiveness, Miscalculations, Defeat, Farce, Good Luck, Good Government, and Catastrophe. The Presidency Right or Wrong
1988-93: System dysfunction and occasional chaos
1993-95: Balladur. Almost President
1995-97: Balladur out, Chirac in; Jospin up, Chirac down: Politics as farce
1997-2002: The eternal cohabitation. Good government, and catastrophe
2002: Jospin snatches defeat from the jaws of certain victory
Jospin' and the 2002 campaign
The republic saved - by presidentialism
Chapter 8. The Presidential Election of 2007
From the local to the virtual
Ségolène Royal and 'Ségolène'
From virtual to presidential
Return from the wilderness
