Reinventing France

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Susan Milner, Nick Parsons

      Pages 1-17

3. State and Nation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. French Politics in the Twenty-First Century: Invention or Muddling Through?

      • David Hanley

      Pages 21-34

   3. Reinventing the French State

      • Jack Hayward

      Pages 35-47

   4. The French State and the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century

      • Pierre Sadran

      Pages 48-62

   5. Redefining the Franco-German Relationship

      • Jean-Marc Trouille

      Pages 63-75

   6. French Subnational Government and the European Union: the Relocation and Reformulation of Governance and the Restructuring of Policy Networks

      • David Howarth

      Pages 76-94

4. State and Society

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. Beyond the ‘Crisis of Representation’? A Case Study of Innovation in French Local Government

      • Sharon Collins

      Pages 97-109

   3. Education for Citizenship: Reinventing the French Republic

      • Hugh Starkey

      Pages 110-126

   4. The French ‘Melting Pot’: Outdated — or in Need of Reinvention?

      • Michèle Tribalat

      Pages 127-142

   5. Reinventing Everyday Life in France: the Reduction of Working Time

      • Marie-Christine Kok Escalle

      Pages 143-153

5. History and Identity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. Wartime Deportation from France: Can the French Still Remember as a Nation?

      • Michael Martin

      Pages 157-172

   3. Facing the Past: French Wartime Memories at the Millennium

      • Hanna Diamond, Claire Gorrara

      Pages 173-184

   4. Conclusion

      • Susan Milner, Nick Parsons

      Pages 185-195

6. Back Matter

   Pages 196-203

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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. Reinventing France examines the ways in which state action has endeavoured to promote social integration in an increasingly fragmented nation and has challenged traditional concepts of an indivisible Republic and universal citizenship rights in order to achieve the core republican ideals of freedom, equality and solidarity.

• desegregation
• European Integration
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• globalization
• governance
• government
• Policy
• politics
• european union politics

• University of Bath, UK

  Susan Milner

• Cardiff University, UK

  Nick Parsons

SHARON COLLINS Senior Research Consultant, UK HANNA DIAMOND Senior Lecturer in French History and European Politics, University of Bath , UK CLAIRE GORRARA Senior Lecturer in French, Cardiff University, UK DAVID HANLEY Professor of European Politics, Cardiff University, UK JACK HAYWARD Emeritus Professor of Politics, Oxford University, UK DAVID HOWARTH Lecturer in European Politics, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK MARIE-CHRISTINE KOK ESCALLE Senior Research Fellow, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands MICHAEL MARTIN PIERRE SADRAN Professor, Institute of Political Studies, Bordeaux, France HUGH STARKEY Faculty of Education and Language Studies, The Open University, UK MICHÈLE TRIBALAT Senior Researcher, Institut National d'Ètudes Démographiques, Paris, France JEAN-MARC TROUILLE Senior Lecturer in German Studies, University of Bradford, UK

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