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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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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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The French Exception: Rise and Fall of a Saint-Simonian Discourse
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Conflicts and Polarisation
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France as a Universal Model
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The French Exception Seen from Abroad
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Conclusion: French Exceptionalism Reconsidered
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'This is an extremely interesting book that makes an important contribution to scholarship. I think that students of contemporary French politics and sociology will find much to think about in this stimulating read.'
- West European Politics
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
DAVID BELL School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds UK
TONY CHAFER Professor of Contemporary French Area Studies and Director of the Centre for European and International Studies Research at the University of Portsmouth, UK
SUE COLLARD Sussex European Institute, UK
HUGH DAUNCEY Newcastle University. UK
HELEN DRAKE Loughborough University, UK
EMMANUEL GODIN University of Portsmouth, UK
ABOULAYE GUEYE University of Ottawa, Canada
ROBERT HARMSEN University of Luxembourg
NICK HEWLETT University of Warwick, UK
RAYMOND KUHN Queen Mary, University of London, UK
MARGARET MAJUMDAR University of Portsmouth, UK
SUSAN MILNER University of Bath, UK
MARTIN SCHAIN New York University, USA
NATALYA VINCE Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The End of the French Exception?
Book Subtitle: Decline and Revival of the 'French Model'
Editors: Tony Chafer, Emmanuel Godin
Series Title: French Politics, Society and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230281394
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22078-2Published: 01 June 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-30628-2Published: 01 January 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28139-4Published: 01 June 2010
Series ISSN: 2946-3750
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3769
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 279
Topics: European Union Politics, European Politics, Political Science, Comparative Politics, US Politics, Globalization