LEADER 05255nam 22006133u 450 001 9910789372203321 005 20230803202010.0 010 $a0-203-78399-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000094248 035 $a(EBL)564655 035 $a(OCoLC)650080636 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000414805 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12163883 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414805 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10409620 035 $a(PQKB)11019210 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC564655 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000094248 100 $a20140331d2014|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aContemporary France$b[electronic resource] $eAn Introduction to French Politics and Society 210 $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-340-74186-4 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Map of the regions of (metropolitan) France; Preface; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1 Continuity and change: the ever-lasting past; The French and their past; French republicanism; Socialism; Communism; Gaullism; Liberalism; Chapter 2 French society today; Versions of malaise: from la fracture sociale to l'inse?curite?; From planning and the trente glorieuses to the state's impotence; A society in prolonged crisis?; Changing patterns of employment and unemployment, and the new kinds of poverty 327 $aForeigners, immigrants and scapegoatsGeographical disparities in crime and insecurity; Elitism, grandes e?coles, e?narchie and the Paris-provinces divide; Women, gender equality and feminism; Changing family patterns and sexual mores; AIDS in France; Sports, politics and national identity; Chapter 3 The surprisingly stable Fifth Republic; De Gaulle, the founder; The political conditions of stability; The dual (bicephalous) political executive; The three periods of cohabitation; The weak parliament; Reforming the 'all-powerful' administration?; The e?narques: the French elite 327 $aLocal government: the state of decentralisation 20 years onThe new importance of French regions; Corsica: a new special status for the I?le de Beaute?; The DOM-TOMs: les confettis de l'empire; The Fifth Estate in France: the French media; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Political forces and representation; Political parties; The 2002 presidential and legislative elections; Jacques Chirac: a controversial political survivor; Organised interests; New social movements; Another May '68?; Representation issues: fewer white males please ...; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Citizenship, nationalism and national identity 327 $aThe complexities of French nationalism: nationalisme ouvert and nationalisme ferme??'Republican nationalism'; 'Nationalism of the right'; The Union sacre?e and the merger of the two nationalisms; Re?volution nationale, resistance and de Gaulle's nationalism; Citizenship, nationality and multiculturalism; Immigration; 'Integration' of immigrants; Chapter 6 Intellectual life; The emergence and roles of the intellectuels; 1945-68: the intellectuel engage? and the compagnon de route; The dominance of Marxism, existentialo-Marxism and Sovietophilia; The new fad: tiersmondisme; Dissenting voices 327 $aNew challenges: Foucault and the 'specific intellectual'Bourdieu: l'intellectuel dominant?; Les anne?es De?bat and the declaration of war on Sartre's conception of the intellectual; Me?diocratie and the intellectuel me?diatique; The institutional and geographical framework of intellectual life: revues, e?coles, publishing and the Parisian Rive Gauche; Chapter 7 Education, youth and popular culture; The French education system; Catholic schools: the lingering private/public divide; Universities; Grandes e?coles: la cre?me de la cre?me; What are the social attitudes of French youth today? 327 $aRecent developments in French pop culture 330 $aAt least since the French Revolution, France has the peculair distinction of simultaneously fascinating, charming and exasperating its neighbours and foreign observers. Contemporary France provides an essential introduction for students of French politics and society, exploring contemporary developments while placing them in a deeper historical, intellectual, cultural and social context that makes for insightful analysis. Thus, chapters on France's economic policy and welfare state, its foreign and European policies and its political movements and recent institutional developments are informed 606 $aRegions & Countries - Europe$2HILCC 606 $aFrance$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Europe 615 7$aFrance 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 676 $a944.081 676 $a944.084 700 $aDavid$b Howarth$01557727 701 $aHowarth$b David$0150304 701 $aVarouxakis$b Georgios$01113986 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789372203321 996 $aContemporary France$93821555 997 $aUNINA