Changing France: The Politics that Markets Make

by Gillian Brock (Editor), P. Hall (Editor), Paul J Olscamp (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230204478
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/27/2008
Series:	French Politics, Society and Culture Series
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	326
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

PEPPER D. CULPEPPER is Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, USA. He has published extensively on the subject of institutional change in advanced capitalist countries, including the books Creating Cooperation: The Politics of Human Capital Development in Europe and The German Skills Machine.

PETER A. HALL is Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies. He is author or editor of many works on European politics, including Governing the Economy, Varieties of Capitalism and Developments in French Politics.

BRUNO PALIER is Chargé de Recherches the CNRS at the Centre d'études de la vie politique française de Sciences-po Paris (CEVIPOF), France. His research deals with globalization and change in national welfare states, and his books include Globalization and European Welfare States, Gouverner la Sécurité Sociale, and La Réforme des Retraites.

Table of Contents

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• Notes on the Contributors
• Introduction: The Politics of Social Change in France—P.A.Hall
• PART ONE
• Capitalism, Coordination, and Economic Change: The French Political Economy since 1985—P.D.Culpepper
• New Patterns of Industrial Relations and Political Action since the 1980s—M.Lallement
• The Transformation of Corporate Governance in France—M.Goyer
• PART TWO
• The Long Good Bye to Bismarck? Changes in the French Welfare State—B.Palier
• Different Nation, Same Nationhood: The Challenges of Immigrant Policy—V.Guiraudon
• Social Generations, Life Changes and Welfare Regime Sustainability—L.Chauvel
• PART THREE
• The Government of the European Union and a Changing France—A.Smith
• The Ongoing March of Decentralization within the Post Jacobin State—P.Le Galès
• PART FOUR
• The French Party System and the Crisis of Representation—G.Grunberg
• Convergence, Fragmentation and Majority-Cycling in French Opinion—R.Balme

Editorial Reviews

'Eleven social scientists from both sides of the Atlantic have contributed to this rich, stimulating, deep, and complex assessment of the French economic and social system and of the changes that have transformed it in the past 20 years.' - Stanley Hoffmann, Foreign Affairs

'In Changing France, Culpepper et al. (2006) and their contributors tackle the difficult task of highlighting and explaining the multiple changes that have taken place in France in the past two decades, as well as taking stock of the challenges yet to come.' - Sophie Meunier, French Politics

'Looking for a synthetic overview of the major forces at play in French politics, society, and economy since 1980? Look no further than Changing France. [N]o student of contemporary France can afford to ignore reading each and every essay.' Timothy B. Smith, H-France Review

'Overall the book is to be recommended for offering good overviews, analysis, and coverage for an important area of continued public concern in France.' - David L. Cleeton, Modern and Contemporary France

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