Reinventing France : state and society in the twenty-first century / edited by Susan Milner and Nick Parsons.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Milner, Susan.

Parsons, Nick.

Series:

French politics, society, and culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--France.

Political culture.

France.

National characteristics, French.

Social values--France.

Social values.

Social change--France.

Social change.

France--Politics and government--1995-2007.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

Undermined from above by economic globalization and European integration, and from below by the rise of identity politics, the French state has attempted to redefine its relationship to its citizens. Reinventing France examines the ways in which state action has endeavoured to promote social integration in an increasingly fragmented nation and has challenged traditional concepts of an indivisible Republic and universal citizenship rights in order to achieve the core republican ideals of freedom, equality and solidarity. The contributors examine questions such as the changing role of the state, political participation, immigration, education, working-time policy and the French state's portrayal of itself through the commemoration and often painful re-examination of the events of the Second World War. What emerges is a picture of a state that is redefining its relationship to its citizens while not entirely abandoning its universal conception of republican citizenship.

Contents:

Part 1 State and Nation

1 French Politics in the Twenty-First Century: Invention or Muddling Through? / David Hanley 21

2 Reinventing the French State / Jack Hayward 35

3 The French State and the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century / Pierre Sadran 48

4 Redefining the Franco-German Relationship / Jean-Marc Trouille 63

5 French Subnational Government and the European Union: the Relocation and Reformulation of Governance and the Restructuring of Policy Networks / David Howarth 76

Part 2 State and Society

6 Beyond the 'Crisis of Representation'? A Case Study of Innovation in French Local Government / Sharon Collins 97

7 Education for Citizenship: Reinventing the French Republic / Hugh Starkey 110

8 The French 'Melting Pot': Outdated

or in Need of Reinvention? / Michele Tribalat 127

9 Reinventing Everyday Life in France: the Reduction of Working Time / Marie-Christine Kok Escalle 143

Part 3 History and Identity

10 Wartime Deportation from France: Can the French Still Remember as a Nation? / Michael Martin 157

11 Facing the Past: French Wartime Memories at the Millennium / Hanna Diamond, Claire Gorrara 173.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403902151

OCLC:

52962823

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