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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813101403321

Autore

Gueldry Michel R

Titolo

France and European integration : towards a transnational polity? / / Michel R. Gueldry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2001

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-65349-0

0-313-00269-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

320.944/09/049

Soggetti

European federation

Political culture - France

France Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-227) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Introduction; 1 The French State in Historical Perspective; 2 Governmental Institutions and Culture The Nation State vs European Institutions; 3 Economic Policy: Colbertism vs. the Laissez Faire State; 4 Social Policy The Welfare State against the Constraints of Convergence; 5 Monetary Policy National vs Federal Currency; 6 Security Policy National Autonomy vs Deepening Integration; 7 Territorial and Identity Politics Jacobinisme vs Post Modernism; Notes; Glossary of Key French Expressions; Brief Chronology of French History 1936-2000

Selected Bibliography Index

Sommario/riassunto

This title analyzes the substantive transformations brought upon the French state by European integration through an incremental and cumulative process generally described as ""Europeanization"". It also examines how regional integration affects French governmental structures.