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The National Front in France : ideology, discourse and power / Peter Davies.
Van Pelt Library JN3007.F68 D39 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Peter, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Front national (France : 1972- ).
- Nationalism--France.
- Nationalism.
- Political oratory.
- France.
- Political oratory--France--Influence.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
- Contents:
- 1 The contours of FN nationalism: influences and emphases 13
- The 'National' FN
- Change and evolution: a static or evolving nationalism? 16
- Leadership, membership and ideology 27
- The 'Regional' FN
- The federations: FN nationalism at a regional level 35
- 2 'The nation' in FN ideology: 'France for the French' 65
- The centrality of 'nation' and 'identity' 66
- 'Open' or 'closed'?: The FN's concept of the nation 80
- Region and nation 88
- Europe and nation 95
- National symbolism in FN discourse: 'Le Peuple', 'La Terre' and Foan of Arc 105
- 3 'Threats' to the nation: the fear of French decline 119
- Denatalite as a 'threat' to the nation 120
- The FN's 'family preference' philosophy 125
- Exclusion: the threat of 'the other' 134
- Immigration as a 'threat' to the nation 141
- Immigration: contemporary perspectives 155
- 4 Nationalism in a local context: Toulon, Orange, Marignane and Vitrolles 166
- Culture: a vital battleground 171
- Immigration: the Islamic 'threat' 187
- Le social: the politics of municipal subsidies 195
- The environment, security and the local economy 202.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [264]-272) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415158664
- OCLC:
- 39796117
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