{"product_id":"modern-french-politics-analysing-conflict-and-consensus-since-1945-hardback-9780745611198","title":"Modern French Politics; Analysing Conflict and Consensus Since 1945 (Hardback) 9780745611198","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModern French Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAnalysing Conflict and Consensus Since 1945\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNick Hewlett (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745611198, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 January 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.4 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"In a subject area where the textbooks tend to be bland and highly descriptive it is good to have a distinctive voice propounding a consistent viewpoint around which debate and discussion can be structured.\" \u003ci\u003eProfessor Anne Stevens, University of Kent at Canterbury\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A useful summary of twentieth century French politics, both on the left and the right.\" \u003ci\u003ePolitical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is an accessible, original and thought-provoking examination of contemporary French politics. The author clearly explains the most important party political, ideological and electoral developments since the Second World War, focusing on the 1980s and 1990s in particular. He takes care to explain changes within a clear theoretical framework which enhances the reader's understanding of observable trends.  \u003cp\u003eWhen François Mitterrand was elected President of the Republic in 1981 a new, radical era began in French politics. But within the space of a few years the Socialist-Communist government felt obliged to change tack and abandon many of its more adventurous policies. Hewlett's central question is whether one should talk of \"consensus\" politics under Mitterrand or even the end of conflict and revolt, for which France had been so famous. He looks at the modern political history of France in comparison with other countries, including Britain, Sweden and Germany. He also considers the significance of various \"modernizing\" aspects of modern France, including Gaullism, May 1968 and the role of intellectuals. Finally, \u003ci\u003eModern French Politics\u003c\/i\u003e relates the examination of change in France to more general theories of change in late capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis informative and refreshing book is scholarly but does not mystify. It presents an original way of examining party-political, institutional and electoral developments, and will be essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students of French politics and European Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Tables and Figures. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: A History of Conflict and Revolt.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrance and modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic conflict and international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical ideology and political parties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe polarization of the labour movement and the \u003ci\u003epatronat.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepublicanism and manifestations of a more moderate history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn exceptional history?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Political Exceptionalism, 1945-1981.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsensus politics in Western Europe since 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrench politics in the post-war era.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe persistence of radicalism and the absence of Fordist compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The End of Exceptionalism? The 1980s and 1990s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe decline of overt conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplaining consensus: the 1980s as a moment of tripartite harmony.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsensus beyond tripartism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Social Democracy and the Left.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe history of social democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe nature of the left in France.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacterizing the Socialist Party.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA crisis of social democracy?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: The Paradoxes of Gaullist Modernization.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthoritarian aspects of de Gaulle's rule.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe progress of political stability and democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDe Gaulle's foreign policy and the uses of \u003ci\u003egrandeur.\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDe Gaulle and the economy: modernization from above.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe unevenness of socio-economic change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: The Historical Significance of May 1968.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRégis Debray and Gilles Lipovestsky: the ruse of reason.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe results of May.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe spirit of May and the Socialist years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocating May historically.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: The Waning of Intellectual Commitment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe place of intellectuals in post-war political life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe decline of the left intellectual.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe re-emergence of liberal political thought.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX: Conclusions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe end of history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFordism and post-Fordism: the regulation school.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheorizing change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406517235992,"sku":"9780745611198","price":49.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745611198.jpg?v=1784139454","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modern-french-politics-analysing-conflict-and-consensus-since-1945-hardback-9780745611198","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}