Governing and governance in France / / Alistair Cole [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Cole Alistair <1959->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 249 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 320.944
• Soggetto geografico: France Politics and government 1958-
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-238) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Governing France -- Reforming the state -- Decentralisation and local governance -- Europeanisation -- State capacity and public policy -- State-society relations -- Making sense of the state -- Governing and governance in France.
• Sommario/riassunto: As a leading European nation with a particular state tradition and historical legacy, France has long fascinated foreign observers. In recent decades, the 'orthodox model' of French politics and policy-making has been challenged by powerful forces of globalization, Europeanisation, decentralization, administrative reform and changing patterns of state-society relations. In this compelling examination of French politics since the 1970s, Alistair Cole discusses these key challenges and identifies the key drivers of change. He argues that French-style governance is an untidy affair, rather than a neatly ordered and organized hierarchy, and that, though changes in France are comparable to those in other European Union countries, its governance is mediated by domestic institutions, interests and ideas. The pressures facing France are viewed through nationally specific lenses and mediated in ways that ensure that the French polity retains distinctive characteristics.
• Altri titoli varianti: Governing & Governance in France
• Titolo autorizzato: Governing and governance in France
• ISBN: 1-107-17544-5; 1-281-77573-8; 9786611775735; 0-511-42374-8; 0-511-42257-1; 0-511-42422-1; 0-511-42191-5; 0-511-75613-5; 0-511-42323-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782221503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II