Answer each of the following questions, citing historical events and details

1. Why did it take so long for a stable democratic regime to take hold in France?
2. How did de Gaulle’s changes to the country’s institution and social, political, and economic processes contribute to the creation of an effective industrial state?
3. What is the impact of the French influential elite whose roots lie in the bureaucracy?
4. Discuss what France’s recent foreign policy says about its character as a nation.