Reinventing France: State and Society in the Twenty-First Century

by S. Milner (Editor), N. Parsons (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403902153
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/25/2003
Series:	French Politics, Society and Culture
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	203
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

SHARON COLLINS Senior Research Consultant, UK HANNA DIAMOND Senior Lecturer in French History and European Politics, University of Bath , UK CLAIRE GORRARA Senior Lecturer in French, Cardiff University, UK DAVID HANLEY Professor of European Politics, Cardiff University, UK JACK HAYWARD Emeritus Professor of Politics, Oxford University, UK DAVID HOWARTH Lecturer in European Politics, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK MARIE-CHRISTINE KOK ESCALLE Senior Research Fellow, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands MICHAEL MARTIN PIERRE SADRAN Professor, Institute of Political Studies, Bordeaux, France HUGH STARKEY Faculty of Education and Language Studies, The Open University, UK MICHÈLE TRIBALAT Senior Researcher, Institut National d'Ètudes Démographiques, Paris, France JEAN-MARC TROUILLE Senior Lecturer in German Studies, University of Bradford, UK

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; S.Milner & N.Parsons PART I: STATE AND NATION French Politics in the Twenty-First Century: Invention or Muddling Through?; D.Hanley Reinventing the French State; J.Hayward The French State and the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century; P.Sadran Redefining the Franco-German Relationship; J-M.Trouille French Subnational Government and the European Union: The Relocation and Reformulation of Governance and the Restructuring of Policy; D.Howarth PART II: STATE AND SOCIETY Beyond the 'Crisis of Representation'? A Case Study of Innovation in French Local Government; S.Collins Education for Citizenship: Reinventing the French Republic; H.Starkey The French 'Melting Pot': Outdated - Or in Need of Reinvention?; M.Tribalat Reinventing Everyday Life in France: The Reduction of Working Time; M-C.Kok Escalle PART III: HISTORY AND IDENTITY Wartime Deportation from France: Can the French Still Remember as a Nation?; M.Martin Facing The Past: French Wartime Memories at the Millennium; H.Diamond & C.Gorrara Conclusion; S.Milner & N.Parsons