Does Cohabitation Matter? French European Policy-Making in the Context of Divided Government

Research question/goal: 

The dissertation analyses French European policy-making in the context of divided government (cohabitation). Firstly, it compares how during the Fifth Republic’s three cohabitations (1986-1988, 1993-1995, 1997-2002) European policy-making was organised. Furthermore, it explores how the particular actor constellation of cohabitation influenced and modified French European policies.

Fact sheet

Funding: 
MZES (doctoral program)
Duration: 
2001 to 2005
Status: 
completed
Data Sources: 
Documentary material, secondary literature and in depth inte
Geographic Space: 
France, European Union

Publications

Books

Leuffen, Dirk (2007): Cohabitation und Europapolitik. Politische Entscheidungsprozesse im Mehrebenensystem. Baden-Baden: Nomos. [Regieren in Europa; 14] more