Readings

The table below includes the weekly readings, screenings, and facts covered in each class session. The following books are general reading to help prepare speeches, historical notes, and debates.

• Forbes, Jill, and Michael Kelly, eds. French Cultural Studies: An Introduction. Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780198715016.
• Brouard, Sylvain, Andrew Appleton, and Amy G. Mazur, eds. The French Fifth Republic at Fifty: Beyond Stereotypes. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. ISBN: 9780230221246.
• Chafer, Tony, and Emmanuel Godin, eds. The End of the French Exception? Decline and Revival of the "French Model". Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. ISBN: 9780230220782.
• Drake, Helen. Contemporary France. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. ISBN: 9780333792445.

Course readings.

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS, SCREENINGS, AND FACTS
The Settlement of the Fifth Republic (1958–1974)
1	Introduction. The Algerian War	Screening: The Battle of Algiers. Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. Black and White, 121 min, 1966. Reading: Malraux, André. Speech on the Transfer of Jean Moulin's ashes to the Panthéon (PDF), 1964.
2	The Imperial Presidency	Readings: Charles de Gaulle, Discourse at Bayeux (1946) Translation in Cogan, Charles G. Charles de Gaulle: A Brief Biography with Documents. Bedford / Saint Martin's, 1995, pp. 183–5. ISBN: 9780312107901. Debré, Michel. Speech to the Council of State (PDF), 1958. Facts: The Majoritarian System
3	May 1968: A Moral Revolution?	Readings: Ross, Kristen. "The Police Conception of History." Chapter 1 in May '68 and Its Afterlives. University of Chicago Press, 2004, pp. 19–25. ISBN: 9780226727998. [Preview with Google Books] Constitutional Council. Freedom of Association Decision (PDF), 1971. Facts: The Constitutional Domain
The Liberalization of the Regime (1974–1988)
4	A New Generation	Screening: Going Places. Directed by Bertrand Blier. Color, 150 min, 1974.
5	The Socialist Era	Readings: Mitterrand, François. Speech at Epinay (PDF), 1971. CSA. Deliberation Relative to the Evaluation of the Respect of Political Pluralism in the Media (PDF), 2000. Facts: Decentralization
6	The Liberal Turning Point and the Cohabitation	Readings: D'Estaing, Valéry Giscard. Speech at Verdun sur le Doubs (PDF), 1978. Smith, Timothy. "The Misunderstood French Welfare State." Chapter 1 in France in Crisis: Welfare, Inequality, and Globalization since 1980. Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp. 1–15. ISBN: 9780521605205. [Preview with Google Books] Facts: Cohabitation
The Times of Crises (1988–Present)
7	Revisiting France's Past	Screening: The Last Mitterrand. Directed by Robert Guédiguian. Color, 116 min, 2005.
8	European Doubts	Readings: Schuman, Robert. Declaration on the ECSC (PDF), 1950. Chirac, Jacques. Cochin Appeal (PDF), 1978. France and the Euro. "The Time-Bomb at the Heart of Europe. Why France could become the Biggest Danger to Europe's Single Currency." The Economist, November, 2012.
9	Identities and the Nation	Reading: Scott, Joan W. "Sexuality." Chapter 5 in The Politics of the Veil. Princeton University Press, 2007, pp. 151–74. ISBN: 9780691125435. [Preview with Google Books]
Are You The Future French President?
10	A New Political System?	Screening: The Conquest. Directed by Xavier Durringer. Color, 105 min, 2011.
11	Final Statement	No readings.
12	"Presidential Debate"	No readings.