France during the socialist years
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France during the socialist years
Dartmouth Pub. Co., c1994
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"This book developed from a one-day conference which took place in the French Department of Bristol University in November 1991"--Acknowledgements
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In view of the defeat of the socialists in the legislative elections of March 1993, this book represents a timely endeavour to evaluate how the ambitions of the Socialists in power impacted on France, and how the reactions elicited often modified those ambitions. Rather than focussing narrowly on the agents of change, the book treats them as a foil which allows the reader to perceive the institutional features of the fifth republic that are not so susceptible to change and, on the other hand, certain evolutionary processes in society that cannot be channelled through traditional party political structures. Furthermore, the book provides an insight into the ethical and intellectual assumptions of the French Left, how they were tested by the challenge of shaping the culture of France and ultimately became part of an exercise in government which was notable for the way a Socialist administration had to adapt to the realities of the Fifth Republic, rather than vice versa.
Table of Contents
- Contents: Politics: From Republique Sociale to the Republique FranAaise, John Gaffney
- FranAois Mitterand, France and European integration, Helen Drake
- A house divided: Socialism A la FranAaise, Alastair Cole
- The decline of the established parties, Gino Raymond. Culture: Cultural policy and democratization under Mitterand, David Looseley
- The return of the clerics? John Flower
- Freedom of expression: the case of blasphemy, Nicholas Harrison. Society
- Ten years of Socialist social policy: continuity or change? Linda Hantrais
- A new educational ethos? The great non-debate, Peter Collier
- Immigration politics in Mitterand's France, James G. Shields
- Cultural shifts and the greening of French society, Gino Raymond.
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