Developments in French politics 3 / edited by Alistair Cole, Patrick Le Galès, and Jonah Levy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cole, Alistair, 1959-

Le Galès, Patrick.

Levy, Jonah D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

France.

Politics and government.

France--Social policy--1995-.

Social policy.

France--Foreign relations--1995-.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xvi, 273 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Developments in French politics three

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Summary:

French politics is changing in dramatic ways. The traditional statist model - Jacobin, Gaullist, Republican and integrationist - has increasingly broken down over the past quarter century. Developments in French Politics 3 assesses both the crisis of the old French model and the nature of the new one that is emerging.

Written and edited by a new team of leading authorities from France, the USA, the UK and beyond, it provides a systematic assessment of the changing political system and of key policies and issues, Globalization, Europeanization, gender, immigration and culture have all recently risen up the political agenda and these are given full coverage alongside such more traditional concerns as economic, welfare and foreign policy. The focus throughout is on identifying continuity and change both in the institutions of the French as well as in political ideas and organizations.

Contents:

Map of France xviii

1 The Shifting Politics of the Fifth Republic / Jonah Levy, Alistair Cole, Patrick Le Gales 1

2 Parties and Organizations / Florence Haegel 18

3 Electorates, New Cleavages and Social Structures / Jocelyn Evans, Nonna Mayer 35

4 Associational Life in Contemporary France / Andrew Appleton 54

5 The Political Executive / Robert Elgie 70

6 Prometheus (Re)Bound? The Fifth Republic and Checks on Executive Power / Andrew Knapp 88

7 The Europeanization of the French State / Andy Smith 105

8 Reshaping the State? Administrative and Decentralization Reforms / Patrick Le Gales 122

9 Foreign and Defence Policy: Constraints and Continuity / John Keiger 138

10 Immigration Politics and Policies / Virginie Guiraudon 154

11 Economic Policy and Policy-Making / Jonah Levy 170

12 Education and Educational Governance / Alistair Cole 195

13 Gendering the Fifth Republic / Amy Mazur 212

14 Identities, Nationalism, Citizenship and Republican Ideology / Sophie Duchesne 230.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-263) and index.

ISBN:

1403941793

1403941807

OCLC:

58790982

Publisher Number:

9781403941794 (cloth)

9781403941800 (pbk.)