1. Government and Politics in Europe December 18, 2014 By Hung-jen Wang 王宏仁

2. Today’s Outline I. The Government of UK  Political Development  Political Process and Institutions  Foreign Affairs II. The Government of France  Political Development

3. The importance of consensus and its limits: 1) Political stability: Political culture Deference of the people Patterns of authority Relative deprivation Effect of geography 2) A new pluralistic system? The new nonwhite communities The areas of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland

4. Political Process and Institutions Voting

5. Who are the candidates?

6. The Executive: No. 10 Downing Street Cabinet: (1) which is ultimately dependent on the support of the House of Commons; (2) which is drawn from members of the two Houses of Parliament; (3) the entire of which will be members of the same political party; (4) whose advice must be accepted by the monarch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6855HZVrzTg

8. Foreign Affairs: From Empire to Commonwealth Two Commonwealth documents: (1) Declaration of Commonwealth Principles (Singapore, 1971); (2) Harare Declaration (Harare, 1991)

9. Foreign Affairs: Britain and the European Union In the immediate postwar period, Britain was not interested in joining in the proposals for greater European unity. Britain preferred free-trade and the Common Market; joined the European Community (EC), which is not the EU Political problems : the supremacy of British parliament and UK sovereignty

10. II. The Government of France

11. Map of France https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu3eSNi__4w 玫瑰人生 (la vie en rose, 2007) 片段 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIzzugI7Tdo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIzzugI7Tdo

12. Political Development History and Society: Traditions and Contradictions in French Politics  The instability of French Politics through the 1960s First Republic (1792-1799) Second Republic (1848-1851) Third Republic (1870-1940) Fourth Republic (1946-1958) Fifth Republic (1958-today) Charles de Gaulle Only 7 years Only 3 years After WWII Constitution lasted more 20 years Greater instability than that of Italy

13. Charles de Gaulle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6v7D98x5og https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw0l6PmQJsg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOpMdjmn6sE

14.  Social and Economic Development Economic performance? The distribution of wealth and the class structure? The culture of the country, its history, and the administrative structures.

15.  A number of contradictions: 1) The clash between Liberalism and Authoritarianism; http://www.biography.com/people/napoleon- 9420291/videos/napoleon-did-you-know-2197805700#later-years http://www.biography.com/people/napoleon- 9420291/videos/napoleon-did-you-know-2197805700#later-years 2) Nationalism and Internationalism; 3) Centralization and Decentralization