ISBN:
9781403948182
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Series Statement:
French Politics, Society and Culture Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.20944
Keywords:
Political culture-France
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One: State and Nation -- 1 French Politics in the Twenty-First Century: Invention or Muddling Through? -- 2 Reinventing the French State -- 3 The French State and the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century -- 4 Redefining the Franco-German Relationship -- 5 French Subnational Government and the European Union: the Relocation and Reformulation of Governance and the Restructuring of Policy Networks -- Part Two: State and Society -- 6 Beyond the 'Crisis of Representation'? A Case Study of Innovation in French Local Government -- 7 Education for Citizenship: Reinventing the French Republic -- 8 The French 'Melting Pot': Outdated - or in Need of Reinvention? -- 9 Reinventing Everyday Life in France: the Reduction of Working Time -- Part Three: History and Identity -- 10 Wartime Deportation from France: Can the French Still Remember as a Nation? -- 11 Facing the Past: French Wartime Memories at the Millennium -- Conclusion -- Index.
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