{"product_id":"modern-french-politics-analysing-conflict-and-consensus-since-1945-9780745611204","title":"Modern French Politics  Analysing Conflict and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is an accessible, original and thought--provoking examination of contemporary French politics. The author clearly explains the most important party political, ideological and electoral developments since the Second World War, focusing on the 1980s and 1990s in particular.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In a subject area where the textbooks tend to be bland and highly descriptive it is good to have a distinctive voice propounding a consistent viewpoint around which debate and discussion can be structured.\" \u003ci\u003eProfessor Anne Stevens, University of Kent at Canterbury\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A useful summary of twentieth century French politics, both on the left and the right.\" \u003ci\u003ePolitical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Tables and Figures. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: A History of Conflict and Revolt.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrance and modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic conflict and international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical ideology and political parties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe polarization of the labour movement and the \u003ci\u003epatronat.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepublicanism and manifestations of a more moderate history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn exceptional history?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Political Exceptionalism, 1945-1981.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsensus politics in Western Europe since 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrench politics in the post-war era.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe persistence of radicalism and the absence of Fordist compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The End of Exceptionalism? The 1980s and 1990s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe decline of overt conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplaining consensus: the 1980s as a moment of tripartite harmony.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsensus beyond tripartism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Social Democracy and the Left.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe history of social democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe nature of the left in France.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacterizing the Socialist Party.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA crisis of social democracy?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: The Paradoxes of Gaullist Modernization.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthoritarian aspects of de Gaulle's rule.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe progress of political stability and democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDe Gaulle's foreign policy and the uses of \u003ci\u003egrandeur.\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDe Gaulle and the economy: modernization from above.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe unevenness of socio-economic change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: The Historical Significance of May 1968.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRégis Debray and Gilles Lipovestsky: the ruse of reason.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe results of May.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe spirit of May and the Socialist years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocating May historically.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: The Waning of Intellectual Commitment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe place of intellectuals in post-war political life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe decline of the left intellectual.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe re-emergence of liberal political thought.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX: Conclusions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe end of history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFordism and post-Fordism: the regulation school.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheorizing change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404338438487,"sku":"9780745611204","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745611204.jpg?v=1730486148","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modern-french-politics-analysing-conflict-and-consensus-since-1945-9780745611204","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}