Qu'est-ce que le Conseil économique et social ?

Synopsis of Qu'est-ce que le Conseil économique et social ?

«Qu'est-ce que le Conseil économique et social ?» is Jacques Dermagne's essay on the French CES (L'Archipel, paperback, 136 pages, in French).

Jacques Dermagne, president of the Economic and Social Council, explains what this consultative constitutional assembly, the third of the French Republic, is. He reviews its history and its role as a place of dialogue between economic and social forces to advise public authorities, and analyses how it contributes to building consensus.

Work published in 2006 in the collection «L'information citoyenne». Jacques Dermagne was executive vice-president of the CNPF from 1980 to 1999 and president of the Economic and Social Council since 1999.

For those interested in public law, institutional history and the functioning of French democracy.