Description
Book SynopsisRedefining the French Republic is an innovative work. Explicitly adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the book investigates continuity and change in contemporary French politics, society and culture.
Trade Review'This is a very welcome volume, which all students of contemporary France will find useful and insightful. It offers an up-to-date and authoritative study, addressing very recent developments and providing some cogent and challenging analyses.' Professor Mike Kelly, University of Southampton
Table of Contents1. The republican ideal and the reality of the Republic - Gino Raymond
2. French politics in the twenty-first century - Alistair Cole and David Hanley
3. Politics on the periphery: Brittany and republican France - Alistair Cole
4. Urban governance and local democracy in France - Susan Milner
5. From margin to mainstream? Establishing a community of gay citizens - Steve Wharton
6.The citizen and the subject - Nadia Kiwan
7. Social policy and the challenge to the ‘republican model’ - Jean-Paul Révauger
8. The interventionist state: demise or transformation? - Mairi Maclean
9.Exporting the republican model? A critique of France’s historic mission in Africa - Gordon Cumming
