Andrew Knapp
Biographic Data
| ID | 3746021 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Knapp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Knapp |
| SIGNATURE | KNAPP A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4822-5623 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Stephen E. Ambrose, Patriot and Historian
Stephen Ambrose (1936-2002) figure parmi les historiens américains, spécialistes de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les plus prolifiques et les plus influents : ceci grâce notamment à six best-sellers, le lancement d’un grand musée commémorant le conflit, plus une série télévisée et un long-métrage, tous deux couronnés de succès. Basés notamment sur les témoignages directs de fantassins (et dans une moindre mesure, d’aviateurs) américains, les travau…
Stephen E. Ambrose, Patriot and Historian
Jean-Noël Jeanneney, Un Attentat. Petit-Clamart, 22 août 1962: Paris, Éditions du Seuil, 2016, 342 p
The writer Frederick Forsyth, formerly Paris correspondent for The Observer, once recalled that the Paris press corps spent the summer of 1962 waiting for someone to take a shot at de Gaulle. They stopped waiting on the evening of 22 August. As the General’s Citroën DS sped from the Élysée through the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart on its way to Villacoublay aerodrome, a group of thirteen men led by the Air Force lieutenant-colonel Jean-Marie Bast…
France’s party system in 2022
The 2022 presidential election saw Emmanuel Macron win a widelyexpected second term in a run-off against Marine Le Pen, confirming the demise of the pre-2017 party system. In the ensuing parliamentary elections, however, Macron's party lost its majority, and the divided opposition forces staged a partial recovery. Most notably, the 'republican front', which had hitherto limited the far-right Rassemblement National's access to elective office, cru…
Murderer of Sennacherib, yet Again: The Case against Esarhaddon
Who was responsible for the murder of Sennacherib? This question fascinated Assyriologists for most of the twentieth century, until a new interpretation of an obscure, fragmentary letter convinced many that a disenfranchised elder son of Sennacherib, Urad-Mullissu, had hatched the conspiracy. Since the (re)publication of this text in 1980 by Simo Parpola, near consensus has developed about these events. In this paper I reexamine the issue and rev…
Structure Versus Accident in the Defeat of France’s Mainstream Right, April–June 2017
Widely expected to recapture France’s presidency and win a parliamentary major ity in the 2017 elections, France’s mainstream Right instead suffered a crushing and divisive defeat. A major reason for this was contingent: the selection of a candidate who three months before polling day was placed under investigation for embezzling public funds. Other reasons were more structural, in particular the progressive dislocation of the bipolar multipartis…
TheSitz im Lebenof Esarhaddon's Apology
Since the publication of Hayim Tadmor's seminal 1983 essay, "Autobiographical Apology in the Royal Assyrian Literature," scholars have almost universally accepted that the imminent nomination of Ashurbanipal as crown prince provided the impetus for the composition of Esarhaddon's apology (i 8–ii 11 of his Nineveh A inscription). In this article, I reassess this conclusion. I suggest instead that the defeat of the Assyrian army in Egypt in 674 BCE…
En Attendant Sarko ? France's Mainstream Right and Centre, 2012–14
In winning the municipal elections of March 2014, France’s mainstream opposition – the Centrists and the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) – benefited not only from the unpopularity of the Left in power, but also from its own (partial) reconstruction. The Centrists had reorganised; the UMP had reaffirmed its right-wing programme and drawn strength from the opposition social movements launched in 2013. The European elections of 2014, however…
The Dispute over the Land of Qedem at the Onset of the Aram-Israel Conflict: A Reanalysis of Lines 3–4 of the Tel Dan Inscription
Occupation, épuration, reconstruction: Le monde de l'entreprise au Havre (1940–1950)
Occupation, épuration, reconstruction: Le monde de l'entreprise au Havre (1940–1950)." Modern & Contemporary France, 21(3), pp. 400–401
The Uncertain Foundation
France's liberation was expected to trigger a decisive break both with the Vichy régime and with the pre-war Third Republic. What happened was an untidy patchwork of unplanned continuities and false s
The Destruction and Liberation of Le Havre in Modern Memory
The Allied capture of Le Havre from its German garrison on 12 September 1944 was preceded by a week of air raids which, though militarily quite ineffective, destroyed most of the city and killed between 1500 and 2000 French civilians. This article assesses a range of explanations for the city's destruction, contrasts British and French perspectives on the raids, and shows that the trauma of September 1944 has continued to define local memory over…
The Government and Politics of France
The Government and Politics of France has been the leading textbook on French politics for over a generation, and continues to provide students with a comprehensive and incisive introduction to the intricacies of French politics and government. This edition updates every chapter, with the addition of a new chapter on France and Europe. Recent events necessitate a new edition, particularly the 2002 elections and the growing interpenetration of Fra…
Ephemeral Victories? France's Governing Parties, the Ecologists, and the Far Right
Gaullism: Grandeur and bas-fonds
The government and politics of France
What's left of the French right? The RPR and the UDF from conquest to humiliation, 1993–1998
The years 1997–98 were among the most difficult in the history of France's moderate Right‐wing parties. This article analyses their difficulties in three contexts: that of long‐term electoral decline since the 1960s; that of a continuing 'gravitational pull' of French parties towards Duverger's cadre model, despite the apparent 'presidentialisation' of parties under the Fifth Republic; and that of the weaknesses underlying Jacques Chirac's presid…
Chirac: Digne héritier du gaullisme ou vieux routard rad‐soc
Biffaud, O. and Mauduit, L., La Grande Méprise, (Grasset, 1996), 279 pp., 119 F., ISBN 2 246 52321 4 Chariot, J., Pourquoi Jacques Chirac? (Éditions de Fallois, 1995), 331 pp., 125 F., ISBN 2 87706 254 6 Perrineau, P. and Ysmal, C. (eds), Le Vote de crise: L'élection présidentielle de 1995 (Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, 1995), 349 pp., 144 F., ISBN 2 7246 0678 7
Perspectives on Pompidou
Abadie, F., and Corcelette, J.‐P., Georges Pompidou 1911–1974: Le désir et le destin (Balland, 1994), 460pp., 110F. Esambert, B., Pompidou, capitaine d'industries (Odile Jacob, 1994), 277pp., 140F. Jullian, M., La France à voix haute: Le Soldat et le Normalien (Fayard, 1994), 272pp., 120F. Roussel, E., Georges Pompidou 1911–1974, 2nd edition (Jean‐Claude Lattès, 1994), 686pp., 195F
Top‐down to bottom‐up? Centre‐periphery relations and power structures in France's Gaullist party
Changes in centre‐periphery relations, both institutional (most notably decentralisation) and socio‐economic (the growing importance of cities) have radically altered the environment in which French political parties operate. The unprecedentedly close links between parties and the local political system that have resulted have profoundly affected power structures within the parties. Just as the Fifth Republic ‘presidentialised’ parties, so decent…
Thecumul des mandats,local power and political parties in France
French politicians show an unusual appetite for combining local and national elective offices, the practice known as the cumul des mandats. This feature of the French political system has arisen from the specific characteristics of central‐local relations in France and from the weakness of French political parties, which it has in turn reinforced. The cumul has survived both the 'nationalisation' of French politics under the Fifth Republic and th…
Proportional but bipolar: France's electoral system in 1986
President Mitterrand's decision to restore proportional representation for French parliamentary elections for the first time in 30 years raised fears of a return to the parliamentary instability of the Fourth Republic. This article examines the motives behind the change, and explains how the detailed (often not very proportional) workings of the system and the parties' use of it gave France a narrow right‐wing majority in the March 1986 election
Orderly retreat: Mitterrand chooses PR
Time for a change: The French elections of 1981
Thecumul des mandats,local power and political parties in France
French politicians show an unusual appetite for combining local and national elective offices, the practice known as the cumul des mandats. This feature of the French political system has arisen from the specific characteristics of central‐local relations in France and from the weakness of French political parties, which it has in turn reinforced. The cumul has survived both the 'nationalisation' of French politics under the Fifth Republic and th…
The government and politics of France
Proportional but bipolar: France's electoral system in 1986
President Mitterrand's decision to restore proportional representation for French parliamentary elections for the first time in 30 years raised fears of a return to the parliamentary instability of the Fourth Republic. This article examines the motives behind the change, and explains how the detailed (often not very proportional) workings of the system and the parties' use of it gave France a narrow right‐wing majority in the March 1986 election
Time for a change: The French elections of 1981
The Destruction and Liberation of Le Havre in Modern Memory
The Allied capture of Le Havre from its German garrison on 12 September 1944 was preceded by a week of air raids which, though militarily quite ineffective, destroyed most of the city and killed between 1500 and 2000 French civilians. This article assesses a range of explanations for the city's destruction, contrasts British and French perspectives on the raids, and shows that the trauma of September 1944 has continued to define local memory over…
Top‐down to bottom‐up? Centre‐periphery relations and power structures in France's Gaullist party
Changes in centre‐periphery relations, both institutional (most notably decentralisation) and socio‐economic (the growing importance of cities) have radically altered the environment in which French political parties operate. The unprecedentedly close links between parties and the local political system that have resulted have profoundly affected power structures within the parties. Just as the Fifth Republic ‘presidentialised’ parties, so decent…
France’s party system in 2022
The 2022 presidential election saw Emmanuel Macron win a widelyexpected second term in a run-off against Marine Le Pen, confirming the demise of the pre-2017 party system. In the ensuing parliamentary elections, however, Macron's party lost its majority, and the divided opposition forces staged a partial recovery. Most notably, the 'republican front', which had hitherto limited the far-right Rassemblement National's access to elective office, cru…
En Attendant Sarko ? France's Mainstream Right and Centre, 2012–14
In winning the municipal elections of March 2014, France’s mainstream opposition – the Centrists and the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) – benefited not only from the unpopularity of the Left in power, but also from its own (partial) reconstruction. The Centrists had reorganised; the UMP had reaffirmed its right-wing programme and drawn strength from the opposition social movements launched in 2013. The European elections of 2014, however…
Orderly retreat: Mitterrand chooses PR
What's left of the French right? The RPR and the UDF from conquest to humiliation, 1993–1998
The years 1997–98 were among the most difficult in the history of France's moderate Right‐wing parties. This article analyses their difficulties in three contexts: that of long‐term electoral decline since the 1960s; that of a continuing 'gravitational pull' of French parties towards Duverger's cadre model, despite the apparent 'presidentialisation' of parties under the Fifth Republic; and that of the weaknesses underlying Jacques Chirac's presid…
Time for a change: The French elections of 1981
Orderly retreat: Mitterrand chooses PR
Proportional but bipolar: France's electoral system in 1986
President Mitterrand's decision to restore proportional representation for French parliamentary elections for the first time in 30 years raised fears of a return to the parliamentary instability of the Fourth Republic. This article examines the motives behind the change, and explains how the detailed (often not very proportional) workings of the system and the parties' use of it gave France a narrow right‐wing majority in the March 1986 election
Thecumul des mandats,local power and political parties in France
French politicians show an unusual appetite for combining local and national elective offices, the practice known as the cumul des mandats. This feature of the French political system has arisen from the specific characteristics of central‐local relations in France and from the weakness of French political parties, which it has in turn reinforced. The cumul has survived both the 'nationalisation' of French politics under the Fifth Republic and th…
Top‐down to bottom‐up? Centre‐periphery relations and power structures in France's Gaullist party
Changes in centre‐periphery relations, both institutional (most notably decentralisation) and socio‐economic (the growing importance of cities) have radically altered the environment in which French political parties operate. The unprecedentedly close links between parties and the local political system that have resulted have profoundly affected power structures within the parties. Just as the Fifth Republic ‘presidentialised’ parties, so decent…
Perspectives on Pompidou
Abadie, F., and Corcelette, J.‐P., Georges Pompidou 1911–1974: Le désir et le destin (Balland, 1994), 460pp., 110F. Esambert, B., Pompidou, capitaine d'industries (Odile Jacob, 1994), 277pp., 140F. Jullian, M., La France à voix haute: Le Soldat et le Normalien (Fayard, 1994), 272pp., 120F. Roussel, E., Georges Pompidou 1911–1974, 2nd edition (Jean‐Claude Lattès, 1994), 686pp., 195F
Chirac: Digne héritier du gaullisme ou vieux routard rad‐soc
Biffaud, O. and Mauduit, L., La Grande Méprise, (Grasset, 1996), 279 pp., 119 F., ISBN 2 246 52321 4 Chariot, J., Pourquoi Jacques Chirac? (Éditions de Fallois, 1995), 331 pp., 125 F., ISBN 2 87706 254 6 Perrineau, P. and Ysmal, C. (eds), Le Vote de crise: L'élection présidentielle de 1995 (Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, 1995), 349 pp., 144 F., ISBN 2 7246 0678 7
What's left of the French right? The RPR and the UDF from conquest to humiliation, 1993–1998
The years 1997–98 were among the most difficult in the history of France's moderate Right‐wing parties. This article analyses their difficulties in three contexts: that of long‐term electoral decline since the 1960s; that of a continuing 'gravitational pull' of French parties towards Duverger's cadre model, despite the apparent 'presidentialisation' of parties under the Fifth Republic; and that of the weaknesses underlying Jacques Chirac's presid…
The government and politics of France
Gaullism: Grandeur and bas-fonds
Ephemeral Victories? France's Governing Parties, the Ecologists, and the Far Right
The Government and Politics of France
The Government and Politics of France has been the leading textbook on French politics for over a generation, and continues to provide students with a comprehensive and incisive introduction to the intricacies of French politics and government. This edition updates every chapter, with the addition of a new chapter on France and Europe. Recent events necessitate a new edition, particularly the 2002 elections and the growing interpenetration of Fra…
The Uncertain Foundation
France's liberation was expected to trigger a decisive break both with the Vichy régime and with the pre-war Third Republic. What happened was an untidy patchwork of unplanned continuities and false s
The Destruction and Liberation of Le Havre in Modern Memory
The Allied capture of Le Havre from its German garrison on 12 September 1944 was preceded by a week of air raids which, though militarily quite ineffective, destroyed most of the city and killed between 1500 and 2000 French civilians. This article assesses a range of explanations for the city's destruction, contrasts British and French perspectives on the raids, and shows that the trauma of September 1944 has continued to define local memory over…
Occupation, épuration, reconstruction: Le monde de l'entreprise au Havre (1940–1950)
Occupation, épuration, reconstruction: Le monde de l'entreprise au Havre (1940–1950)." Modern & Contemporary France, 21(3), pp. 400–401
En Attendant Sarko ? France's Mainstream Right and Centre, 2012–14
In winning the municipal elections of March 2014, France’s mainstream opposition – the Centrists and the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) – benefited not only from the unpopularity of the Left in power, but also from its own (partial) reconstruction. The Centrists had reorganised; the UMP had reaffirmed its right-wing programme and drawn strength from the opposition social movements launched in 2013. The European elections of 2014, however…
The Dispute over the Land of Qedem at the Onset of the Aram-Israel Conflict: A Reanalysis of Lines 3–4 of the Tel Dan Inscription
TheSitz im Lebenof Esarhaddon's Apology
Since the publication of Hayim Tadmor's seminal 1983 essay, "Autobiographical Apology in the Royal Assyrian Literature," scholars have almost universally accepted that the imminent nomination of Ashurbanipal as crown prince provided the impetus for the composition of Esarhaddon's apology (i 8–ii 11 of his Nineveh A inscription). In this article, I reassess this conclusion. I suggest instead that the defeat of the Assyrian army in Egypt in 674 BCE…
Structure Versus Accident in the Defeat of France’s Mainstream Right, April–June 2017
Widely expected to recapture France’s presidency and win a parliamentary major ity in the 2017 elections, France’s mainstream Right instead suffered a crushing and divisive defeat. A major reason for this was contingent: the selection of a candidate who three months before polling day was placed under investigation for embezzling public funds. Other reasons were more structural, in particular the progressive dislocation of the bipolar multipartis…
Murderer of Sennacherib, yet Again: The Case against Esarhaddon
Who was responsible for the murder of Sennacherib? This question fascinated Assyriologists for most of the twentieth century, until a new interpretation of an obscure, fragmentary letter convinced many that a disenfranchised elder son of Sennacherib, Urad-Mullissu, had hatched the conspiracy. Since the (re)publication of this text in 1980 by Simo Parpola, near consensus has developed about these events. In this paper I reexamine the issue and rev…
Jean-Noël Jeanneney, Un Attentat. Petit-Clamart, 22 août 1962: Paris, Éditions du Seuil, 2016, 342 p
The writer Frederick Forsyth, formerly Paris correspondent for The Observer, once recalled that the Paris press corps spent the summer of 1962 waiting for someone to take a shot at de Gaulle. They stopped waiting on the evening of 22 August. As the General’s Citroën DS sped from the Élysée through the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart on its way to Villacoublay aerodrome, a group of thirteen men led by the Air Force lieutenant-colonel Jean-Marie Bast…
France’s party system in 2022
The 2022 presidential election saw Emmanuel Macron win a widelyexpected second term in a run-off against Marine Le Pen, confirming the demise of the pre-2017 party system. In the ensuing parliamentary elections, however, Macron's party lost its majority, and the divided opposition forces staged a partial recovery. Most notably, the 'republican front', which had hitherto limited the far-right Rassemblement National's access to elective office, cru…
Stephen E. Ambrose, Patriot and Historian
Stephen Ambrose (1936-2002) figure parmi les historiens américains, spécialistes de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les plus prolifiques et les plus influents : ceci grâce notamment à six best-sellers, le lancement d’un grand musée commémorant le conflit, plus une série télévisée et un long-métrage, tous deux couronnés de succès. Basés notamment sur les témoignages directs de fantassins (et dans une moindre mesure, d’aviateurs) américains, les travau…
Stephen E. Ambrose, Patriot and Historian
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