Introduction / by V. Wright -- The president's men / by H. Machin -- The Giscardians, the Republican Party / by Ella Searls -- The Giscardian politico-administrative elite / by P. Birnbaum -- The social policies of Giscard d'Estaing / by X. Gardette -- Industrial policy and policy-making, 1974-82 / by Diana Green -- From planning the French economy to planning the French state by J. Hayward -- The presidency and the media, 1974-82 / by R. Kuhn -- Central control and local resistence / by Yves Mény -- Europeanisation and the pursuit of national interests / by R. Formesyn.