The French Communist Party during the Fifth

The demise of the French Communist Party (PCF) has been a recurrent feature of overviews of the Left in France for the past two decades, and yet the Communists survive. This study examines the factors that undermined the position of the PCF as the premier party of France, but also highlights the challenges that the party faces in a society disillusioned with politics, and the new strategies that it is developing in order to revive its fortunes.

Gino G. Raymond is Reader in French Studies at the University of Bristol, UK

List of Tables

viii

About the Author

ix

Acknowledgements

x

Introduction

1

(4)

Part I The Premier Party of France

5

(60)

Political Credibility

7

(16)

Dynamics of the Counter-culture

23

(17)

The Anti-system Party

40

(25)

Part II The Seeds of Failure

65

(74)

The Rise of the Socialists

67

(26)

Failing the Presidential Challenge

93

(27)

Marchais: The (Dis)course of Leadership

120

(19)

Part III A Party Without a Role?

139

(67)

A Tale of Clashing Counter-cultures

141

(27)

The End of Ideology

168

(38)

Notes

206

(15)

Bibliography

221

(9)

Index

230

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The French Communist Party during the Fifth Republic A Crisis of Leadership and Ideology

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