Contemporary France : a democratic education / Anne Sa'adah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sa'adah, Anne.

Series:

Europe today (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)

Europe today

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--Politics and government.

France.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xi, 340 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]

Summary:

This dynamic introduction to contemporary France analyzes the problems and possibilities of democracy in a globalizing world.

Contents:

Introduction: A Democratic Education 1

Part I The Historical and Cultural Foundations of Contemporary French Politics

1 "Le Miracle de la France": French Nationalism 15

Nationalism and the Left: From the Revolution to the Commune 17

Nationalism and the Right: From the Boulanger Affair to the Great War 28

World War I 33

2 World War II and Its Legacies 45

France, 1939-1945 45

"Vichy, a Past That Stayed" 55

The Legacies 69

3 Decolonization and Its Sequels 77

The Algerian War and Republican Institutions 79

The Empire Strikes Back: The Algerian War and French Identity 89

4 Putting Sovereignty First: The Gaullist Vision 99

The Gaullist Conception of State Sovereignty 100

Charting Policy 102

The Gaullist Vision: An Assessment 106

Part II The Institutions, Processes, and Practices of French Politics

5 Political Representation in the Fifth Republic: Back to the Marais? 111

The Reconstruction of the Left, 1958-1986 113

The Failed Recomposition of the Right, 1958-1981 125

Institutional and Partisan Confusion, 1984 to the Present 142

6 State-Society Relations in France: An Introduction 161

Politics and Markets: The Dirigiste State 162

Selective Capitalism: Social Structure 170

Capitalism and the Republican Compromise: Ideological Ambiguities 173

Postwar Economic Growth and Social Change 177

Part III Contemporary Dilemmas

7 Reinventing France: Social Change, Identity, and Citizenship 199

Winners and Losers in the New France 201

The New Politics of Identity 215

8 Getting Past Sovereignty: An Impossible Task? 261

Rethinking the Means of French Foreign Policy: Sovereignty, Supranationality, and Multilateralism 264

Testing the Possibilities of French Power: The Yugoslav Disaster 272

Testing the Possibilities of Supranational Action: Social Protection 293

Appendix A A Chronology of French Regimes 313

Appendix B The Fifth Republic: The Presidents and Their Prime Ministers 315

Appendix C Electoral Laws: An Introduction 316

Appendix D Who's Who in French Politics 323.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742501973

0742501981

OCLC:

50316306