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  • - The Politics that Markets Make
     
    1.078,95 kr.

    How do European states adjust to international markets? Why do French governments of both left and right face a public confidence crisis? In this book, leading experts on France chart the dramatic changes that have taken place in its polity, economy and society since the 1980s and develop an analysis of social change relevant to all democracies.

  • af Jan Windebank
    1.357,95 kr.

  • - A Crisis of Leadership and Ideology
    af Gino G. Raymond
    561,95 kr.

    The demise of the French Communist Party (PCF) has been a recurrent feature of overviews of the Left in France for the past two decades, and yet the Communists survive.

  • - France and the EU in East Asia
    af R. Wong
    561,95 kr.

    This study examines the record of French and EU interactions with China, Japan and Vietnam in the areas of economic exchanges, political security relations and human rights to establish if there has been a trend of converging 'European' politics and collective European conceptions of interest and identity.

  • af P. Smith
    791,95 kr.

    Paul Smith examines how the Senate has attempted, since 1958, to locate itself within the French (semi-) presidential system, how it asserts its place in relation to the President, Government and National Assembly and how it has sought, in recent years, to develop an autonomous and particular sense of identity.

  • af G. Hayes
    1.068,95 - 1.079,95 kr.

    Focusing on the changing nature of policymaking in the Fifth Republic as a key factor in the organization of each protest, Graeme Hayes asks why some protests succeed where others fail, and how we should understand the relationship between states and social movements in general.

  • - Towards a New Citizenship
    af S. Waters
    1.064,95 - 1.070,95 kr.

    Contemporary France has witnessed a rise of new forms of social movement, mobilising around new causes and articulating changing demands. She argues that emerging movements share a profoundly civic dimension: these are movements about rights and are concerned with who has rights and what those rights are.

  • - A Disconnected Democracy?
    af A. Knapp
    1.070,95 - 1.086,95 kr.

    Parties and the Party System in France seeks to explain the paradox of France's current relationship to politics through a comprehensive analysis of French political parties and their interaction over the last fifty years, set against the two contexts of French history and of contemporary theories of parties and party systems.

  • - State and Society in the Twenty-First Century
     
    558,95 kr.

    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.

  • - Nation State Strategies in the Global Era
     
    558,95 kr.

    This book examines the ways in which France's relations with the international community have evolved in a period of accelerating globalization. It considers the role of the nation state, and its capacity for political initiative, examining French strategies to reinforce French influence on the world stage.

  • af Jeremy Ahearne
    681,95 kr.

    Culture, understood broadly, lay at the heart of contrasting right-wing strategies for government in France during the pivotal decade of 2002-2012. Looking at issues of secularism, education, televisual performance, public memory and nation-branding Ahearne analyses how presidents Chirac and Sarkozy sought to redefine contemporary French identity.

  • - The Inevitable Alternation
    af Jocelyn Evans & Gilles Ivaldi
    713,95 - 839,95 kr.

    Was the victory of Francois Hollande, the Socialist challenger to Nicolas Sarkozy, inevitable in the 2012 French Presidential elections? This book argues that a combination of economic downturn, policy choices and personal unpopularity meant that the Right-wing incumbent faced an almost impossible task in holding onto power for another five years.

  • af Francesca Vassallo
    554,95 - 558,95 kr.

    This book deals with the theme of political participation in France, focusing on conventional and unconventional forms of political activism over the last three decades. Measures of social integration and political involvement are used to question the validity of social capital theory.

  • - Lessons from Regional Planning in France
    af J. Burnham
    869,95 kr.

    This is the first book in English on the French agency DATAR-DIACT that has been the envy of regional planners worldwide. It sheds new light on political leadership in a bureaucracy and demonstrates convincingly the impact of political leaders on institutions. It is a study of France with lessons for other political and administrative systems.

  • - Beyond Stereotypes
     
    1.100,95 kr.

    This book addresses essential questions about the determinants and dynamics of the French political system over the long haul. Beyond 'French exceptionalism', this long term perspective allows for the mapping of key institutions of the Fifth Republic both in terms of their evolution and the complex interplay between institutions and politics.

  • - Nation State Strategies in the Global Era
     
    891,95 kr.

    This book examines the ways in which France's relations with the international community have evolved in a period of accelerating globalization. It considers the role of the nation state, and its capacity for political initiative, examining French strategies to reinforce French influence on the world stage.

  • - A Political Reformation?
    af Jocelyn Evans & Gilles Ivaldi
    833,95 - 1.282,95 kr.

    Emmanuel Macron's victory in the 2017 presidential elections represents one of the most important disruptions to French political life since the establishment of the Fifth Republic.

  • af G. Allwood & K. Wadia
    866,95 kr.

    Combining fresh, critical insights from a feminist and anti-racist perspective, this is an excellent synthesis of some of the most important issues on the French public policy agenda. It provides detailed analysis and broad contextualization of debates on employment, parity, domestic violence, abortion, prostitution, and Islamic headscarves.

  • af M. Maclean, C. Harvey & J. Press
    1.083,95 kr.

    Business Elites and Corporate Governance in France and the UK is a cross-national study of business elites and corporate governance in France and the UK. It examines corporate governance from a comparative standpoint and looks beneath the surface at the exercise of power and authority in two distinct national business systems.

  • - The Politics that Markets Make
     
    1.082,95 kr.

    How do European states adjust to international markets? Why do French governments of both left and right face a public confidence crisis? In this book, leading experts on France chart the dramatic changes that have taken place in its polity, economy and society since the 1980s and develop an analysis of social change relevant to all democracies.

  • - State and Society in the Twenty-First Century
     
    550,95 kr.

    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.

  • af D. Howarth
    1.070,95 kr.

    The logic behind European monetary cooperation and integration can only be understood through an examination of French efforts to maximise their monetary power in relation to Germany and America.

  • - Statism and Public Communications
    af Jean K. Chalaby
    1.100,95 - 1.431,95 kr.

    Is it true that de Gaulle kept journalists at a distance because he disliked the press? The author examines de Gaulle's communications strategy and broadcasting policy, comparing his approach to public communications with that of past French leaders and contemporary American presidents.

  • - Breaking the Mould?
     
    661,95 kr.

    Sarkozy came to power promising radical political and social change while simultaneously developing a presidential persona that melded the public and the personal under the glare of media attention, unparalleled in the French Fifth Republic. This volume provides a detailed analysis of the fit between his ambitions and the outcomes of his presidency

  • af Sebastien G. Lazardeux
    661,95 - 692,95 kr.

    This study departs from traditional interpretations of cohabitation in French politics, which suggest French institutions are capable of coping when the President and Prime Minister originate from different political parties. Instead, it offers the opposite view that cohabitation leads to partisan conflict and inertia in the policy-making process.

  • - The Case of the French Socialist Party
    af Byron Criddle & David S. Bell
    713,95 - 745,95 kr.

    This engaging exploration of the French Socialist Party details the exceptional problems that the party has faced and the way it has dealt with them. The result is a comprehensive and compelling guide to the quiddities of political infighting, the structure of power and of the environment in which the party operates.

  • - Petitions and Polemics
    af Imogen Long
    608,95 - 811,95 kr.

    Accounts of public intellectuals in France and French feminism have focused on a specific set of women thinkers overlooking some major women intellectuals. This book aims redresses this balance by studying these forgotten intellectuals creating a cultural and theoretical re-evaluation of the gendered phenomenon of the public intellectual in France.

  • - Decline and Revival of the 'French Model'
     
    561,95 kr.

    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.

  • - Leadership, TV and the Birth of the Fifth Republic
    af Riccardo Brizzi
    1.049,95 - 1.364,95 kr.

    This book explores Charles De Gaulle's use and strict control of television between 1958 and 1969, highlighting the association between charismatic power and television with regards to legitimizing the Gaullist leadership and determining an evolution towards presidentialism during the Fifth Republic.

  • - Decline and Revival of the 'French Model'
     
    847,95 kr.

    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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