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Informationen zum Autor SHARON COLLINS Senior Research Consultant, UKHANNA DIAMOND Senior Lecturer in French History and European Politics, University of Bath , UKCLAIRE GORRARA Senior Lecturer in French, Cardiff University, UKDAVID HANLEY Professor of European Politics, Cardiff University, UKJACK HAYWARD Emeritus Professor of Politics, Oxford University, UKDAVID HOWARTH Lecturer in European Politics, Queen Mary College, University of London, UKMARIE-CHRISTINE KOK ESCALLE Senior Research Fellow, University of Utrecht, the NetherlandsMICHAEL MARTINPIERRE SADRAN Professor, Institute of Political Studies, Bordeaux, FranceHUGH STARKEY Faculty of Education and Language Studies, The Open University, UKMICHÈLE TRIBALAT Senior Researcher, Institut National d'Ètudes Démographiques, Paris, FranceJEAN-MARC TROUILLE Senior Lecturer in German Studies, University of Bradford, UK Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; S.Milner & N.Parsons PART I: STATE AND NATION French Politics in the Twenty-First Century: Invention or Muddling Through?; D.Hanley Reinventing the French State; J.Hayward The French State and the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century; P.Sadran Redefining the Franco-German Relationship; J-M.Trouille French Subnational Government and the European Union: The Relocation and Reformulation of Governance and the Restructuring of Policy; D.Howarth PART II: STATE AND SOCIETY Beyond the 'Crisis of Representation'? A Case Study of Innovation in French Local Government; S.Collins Education for Citizenship: Reinventing the French Republic; H.Starkey The French 'Melting Pot': Outdated - Or in Need of Reinvention?; M.Tribalat Reinventing Everyday Life in France: The Reduction of Working Time; M-C.Kok Escalle PART III: HISTORY AND IDENTITY Wartime Deportation from France: Can the French Still Remember as a Nation?; M.Martin Facing The Past: French Wartime Memories at the Millennium; H.Diamond & C.Gorrara Conclusion; S.Milner & N.Parsons...
