著者

渡辺 和行 ワタナベ カズユキ Watanabe Kazuyuki

出版者

大阪大学大学院国際公共政策研究科

雑誌

国際公共政策研究 (ISSN:13428101)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.18, no.1, pp.1-13, 2013-09

---

The object of this paper is to examine the historiography of the French Popular Front since 1960. It is possible to distinguish three phases of Popular Front studies after 1960. In the first phase (1960-80), the academic study of the Popular Front had started by 1965. Many books and articles were written using an anti-fascist approach. In the second phase (1980-2000), the study of the Popular Front changed due to four factors. Many researchers studied the aspects of the Popular Front in terms of cultural studies and political representation. In the third phase (2000- ), it is necessary to synthesize the methods of the first two phases. We should write the history of Popular Front by way of three approaches: anti-fascism, response to economic crisis and cultural revolution. In addition to these approaches, we should not neglect the existence of the Radical Party that formed part of the Popular Front. Therefore, concerning the study of the Popular Front in the 21st century, we need to integrate three analytic methods of the three parties that made up the Popular Front: Communist Party, Socialist Party and Radical Party.