Word: hoffmann
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gaulle been so successful?" Stanley H. Hoffmann, associate professor of Government, discussed this question and recent "deep changes in the French society" at a lecture in the Freshman Union Saturday evening...
Speaking to the New England regional conference of the Association of International Relations Clubs, Hoffmann said that the problem de Gaulle has faced since assuming office is to create a strong but not authoritarian government. Hoffmann described the constitution of 1958 as a compromise: "a parliamentary system, with obstacles to keep it from degenerating into the situation of the Fourth Republic...
...Gaulle had hoped that a few years of stability would force the ideologically-based splinter groups into new coalitions, Hoffmann said. "That the parties did not play their part was partly de Gaulle's fault, partly theirs...
Commenting on the resolution's request that the Security Council consider the expulsion of South Africa, Stanley H. Hoffmann, associate professor of Government, stressed that there was no basis in the charter for such action. "The General Assembly may eventually say that it will not recognize South Africa's vote, but even that action would be, legally speaking, pretty shaky...
...Hoffmann and Emerson agreed that the Afro-Asian countries were inconsistent in seeking South Africa's expulsion from the U.N. at the same time that they sought to obtain Red China's admission. "However," said Hoffmann, "consistency has never been a forte of the Afro-Asian nations." Emerson felt that "South Africa is obviously a state in existence just as Red China is. They should both be in the United Nations." Hoffmann maintained that "If South Africa were the only problem on the U.N.'s shoulders, things would be all right...