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chapter 4: France Flashcards

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absolute monarchy

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the stage in the evolutionary development of Europe between the more decentralized feudal monarchies of the Middle Ages and the constitutional governments of the modern era

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estates general

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weak french assembly before the french revolution, representing the clergy, nobles, and commoners

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national assembly

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the 577-member lower house of the french parliament

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reign of terror

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seizure of power and class war launched by radical Jacobins in revolutionary France (1793-94)

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prime minister

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leader appointed by the french president and approved by the majority of the lower house of the legislature, selects a cabinet and presides over the day-to-day affairs

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events of may

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Parisian riots of 1968 in which students and workers called for educational and social reforms

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Nicolas Sarkozy

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conservative president from 2007 to 2012

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François Hollande

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socialist president from 2012 to 2017

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Emmanuel Macron

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a young relatively inexperienced centrist economist, elected president in 2017

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semi-presidential

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a legislative-executive system that divides political power among the legislature, a directly elected president, and a prime minister responsible to both the legislature and the president

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council of ministers

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the cabinet selected by the prime minister

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François Mitterand

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leader of french socialist party starting in 1971, president of France 18981-1995

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Jacques Chirac

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president of France, 1995-2007

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motion of censure (vote of no confidence)

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an act of legislature against the government, requiring new elections when proposed legislature submitted as matters of confidence are not passed

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cohabitation

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an arrangement in which presidents lacking the majority of legislative power appoint an opposition prime minister who can gain a majority of support in the legislature

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parlement

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France’s bicameral legislature

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sénat

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France’s 348 upper house of the legislature

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blocked vote

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a vote that forces legislature to accept bills in their entirety and allows amendments only if they are approved by the government

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code law

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law derived from detailed legal codes rather than from precedent

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constitutional council

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the highest judicial authority on constitutional and electoral matters

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prefect

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government appointed local official

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école nationale d’administration (ENA)

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national administrative school; a state institution who primary mission is to train civil servants

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pantouflage (putting on slippers)

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refers to the move of the administrative elite from the bureaucracy to the top echelons of the private sector

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four party, two-bloc system

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a system requiring coalition building in the second round of the two-round single member district system

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national front (FN)/ national rally (NR)

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a political party on the far right that was created by Jean-Marie Le pen in 1972, renamed NR in 2018

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Marine Le Pen

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daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen and leader of the National Front ( National Rally) since 2011

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general confederation of labor (CGT)

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most powerful french union confederation, linked to french communist party (PCF)

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french democratic labor confederation (CFDT)

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a smaller confederation backed by the socialist party

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laïcité (secularism)

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the subordination of religious identity to state and national identity (state over church)

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populism

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a political view that does not have a consistent ideological foundation, but that emphasizes hostility towards elites and established state and economic institutions and favors greater power in the hands of the public

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regime

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norms and rules that govern politics

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french revolution

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overthrow in 1789-1799 french absolute monarchy and establishment of first republic

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ancien régime

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European “old order” of absolute monarchy reinforced by religious authority

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coup d’etat

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forceful and sudden overthrow of the governmet

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fifth republic

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France’s current regime (1958 to present)

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yellow vests movement

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mass protest that began in late 2018 in opposition to tax reforms and reductions in subsidies for gasoline, the movement was named for the safety vests that french motorists are required to carry in their vehicles

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