The end of the French exception? Decline and revival of the 'French model' /
Analyzes the notion of the French exception and the ways in which it has informed both academic analysis and political commentary on France today. Adopting a comparative and interdisciplinary approach it examines the resilience of the notion of French exceptionalism and evaluates its relevance in a...
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Language: | English |
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French politics, society and culture
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230281394 |
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Analyzes the notion of the French exception and the ways in which it has informed both academic analysis and political commentary on France today. Adopting a comparative and interdisciplinary approach it examines the resilience of the notion of French exceptionalism and evaluates its relevance in a changing domestic and global context. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230220782, 2010. |
Carrier Form: | 296 p. : 1 b&w, ill., 14 13. |
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9780230220782 9780230281394 : 0230281397 : |
CLC: | K565.4 |
Contents: | Introduction-- T.Chafer& E.Godin SECTION I: THE FRENCH STATE The French Exception: Rise and Fall of a Saint-Simonian Discourse-- S.Collard Reviving the French Exception? Sarkozy, Authoritarian Populism and the Bonapartist Tradition-- N.Hewlett Social Policy and the French 'Exceptional' Social Model-- S.Milner 'L'exception Culturelle'-- H.Dauncey SECTION II: CONFLICTS AND POLARIZATION The French Extreme Left and the Persistence of a Revolutionary Myth-- D.Bell French Euroscepticism and the Construction of National Exceptionalism-- R.Harmsen SECTION III: CITIZENSHIP AND THE REPUBLICAN MODEL French Immigration Policy in Comparative Perspective-- M.A.Schain France, Islam and LaIcite: Colonial Exceptions, Contemporary Reinventions and European Convergence-- N.Vince From Private Lives to Intimate Revelations: Politicians and the Media in Contemporary France-- R.Kuhn SECTION IV: FRANCE AS A UNIVERSAL MODEL France in Europe, Europe in France: The Politics of Exceptionalism and their Limits-- H.Drake Back to the Future? Franco-African Relations in the Shadow of France's Colonial Past-- M.Majumdar& T.Chafer SECTION V: THE FRENCH EXCEPTION SEEN FROM ABROAD A View from the South: France in African Eyes: Universalism and Francophonie Reassessed-- A.Gueye SECTION VI: CONCLUSION: FRENCH EXCEPTIONALISM RECONSIDERED French Exceptionalism and the Sarkozy Presidency-- T.Chafer& E.Godin. |