John Gaffney's scientific contributions

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Article
This article examines the relationship between Prime Minister Jospin and President Chirac in the period 1997 to 2002. It is concerned in particular with symbolism, discourse and protocol, and how these have mediated the political competition between Chirac and Jospin. We develop a framework of analysis with several main strands. We consider the eff...

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... 42 Th e President declared that "wished to see him on his return", thus reproaching the Prime Minister publicly and reminding him, that foreign policies belong to the head of state's domaine reservée. 43 Th e President preserved also some infl uence on law-making, because the right had still a majority of seats in the Senate. Th is is why the RPR and its allies managed to block some reforms in the second chamber: the most important, they prevented prohibition of combining parliamentary and government positions with local authorities' posts by single politicians. ...