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Palgrave Macmillan and the editorial team have selected this set of papers from the archive of the journal to give a representative sample of the best of our content. These papers, listed in chronological order, are available free to read and download. For more information about the journal visit www.palgrave-journals.com.

  1. Who are the Women? Where are the Women? And What Difference Can They Make? Effects of Gender Parity in French Municipal Elections FREE

    Karen Bird

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  2. French Politics: the Virtues of Majoritarian Democracy FREE

    Jan-Erik Lane & Svante Ersson

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  3. Globalization and Europeanization: A Challenge to French Politics FREE

    Sophie Meunier

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  4. The Myth of the Frozen Welfare State and the Dynamics of Contemporary French and German Social-Protection Reform FREE

    Mark Vail

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  5. Does France's Two-Ballot Presidential Election System Alter Candidates' Policy Strategies? A Spatial Analysis of Office-Seeking Candidates in the 1988 Presidential Election FREE

    James Adams, Samuel Merrill III and Bernard Grofman

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  6. Semi-Presidential Systems: Dual Executive And Mixed Authority Patterns FREE

    Matthew Søberg Shugart

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  7. Varieties of Capitalism in France: Interests, Institutions and Finance FREE

    Richard Carney

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  8. Estimating the Policy Positions of Political Parties From Legislative Election Manifestos 1958-2002 FREE

    François Petry and Paul Pennings

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  9. Stating Family Values and Women's Rights: Familialism and Feminism Within the French Republic FREE

    Anne Revillard

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  10. Forecasting the 2007 French Presidential Election: Ségolène Royal and the Iowa Model FREE

    Michael S Lewis-Beck, Éric Bélanger and Christine Fauvelle-Aymar

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