How do European states adjust to international markets? Why do French governments of both left and right face a crisis of public confidence? In this book, leading experts on France delineate the dramatic changes that have taken place in its polity, economy and society since the 1980s and develop an analysis of social change relevant to all democracies. Exploring immigration, industrial relations, generational conflict and new forms of governance in the polity and political economy, they find the roots of political discontent in the transformation of a society once thought to exhibit timeless continuities. Bringing a comparative perspective to the French case, they show how the politics of Europe is changing under international pressures. In this book, a new generation of French scholars challenges longstanding views of their nation as exceptional, charting dramatic transformation in all spheres of society that foreshadow the political conflicts of a new Europe.
'Eleven social scientists from both sides of the Atlantic have contributed to this rich, stimulating, deep, and complex assessment of the French economic and social system and of the changes that have transformed it in the past 20 years.' - Stanley Hoffmann, Foreign Affairs
'In Changing France, Culpepper et al. (2006) and their contributors tackle the difficult task of highlighting and explaining the multiple changes that have taken place in France in the past two decades, as well as taking stock of the challenges yet to come.' - Sophie Meunier, French Politics
'Looking for a synthetic overview of the major forces at play in French politics, society, and economy since 1980? Look no further than Changing France. [N]o student of contemporary France can afford to ignore reading each and every essay.' – Timothy B. Smith, H-France Review
'Overall the book is to be recommended for offering good overviews, analysis, and coverage for an important area of continued public concern in France.' - David L. Cleeton, Modern and Contemporary France
Introduction: The Politics of Social Change in France; P.A.Hall
PART ONE
Capitalism, Coordination, and Economic Change: The French Political Economy since 1985; P.D.Culpepper
New Patterns of Industrial Relations and Political Action since the 1980s; M.Lallement
The Transformation of Corporate Governance in France; M.Goyer
PART TWO
The Long Good Bye to Bismarck? Changes in the French Welfare State; B.Palier
Different Nation, Same Nationhood: The Challenges of Immigrant Policy; V.Guiraudon
Social Generations, Life Changes and Welfare Regime Sustainability; L.Chauvel
PART THREE
The Government of the European Union and a Changing France; A.Smith
The Ongoing March of Decentralization within the Post Jacobin State; P.Le Galès
PART FOUR
The French Party System and the Crisis of Representation; G.Grunberg
Convergence, Fragmentation and Majority-Cycling in French Opinion; R.Balme
PEPPER D. CULPEPPER is Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, USA. He has published extensively on the subject of institutional change in advanced capitalist countries, including the books Creating Cooperation: The Politics of Human Capital Development in Europe and The German Skills Machine.
PETER A. HALL is Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies at Harvard University, USA. He is author or editor of many works on European politics, including Governing the Economy, Varieties of Capitalism and Developments in French Politics.
BRUNO PALIER is Chargé de Recherches the CNRS at the Centre d'études de la vie politique française de Sciences-po Paris (CEVIPOF), France. His research deals with globalization and change in national welfare states, and his books include Globalization and European Welfare States, Gouverner la Sécurité Sociale, and La Réforme des Retraites.
Description
How do European states adjust to international markets? Why do French governments of both left and right face a crisis of public confidence? In this book, leading experts on France delineate the dramatic changes that have taken place in its polity, economy and society since the 1980s and develop an analysis of social change relevant to all democracies. Exploring immigration, industrial relations, generational conflict and new forms of governance in the polity and political economy, they find the roots of political discontent in the transformation of a society once thought to exhibit timeless continuities. Bringing a comparative perspective to the French case, they show how the politics of Europe is changing under international pressures. In this book, a new generation of French scholars challenges longstanding views of their nation as exceptional, charting dramatic transformation in all spheres of society that foreshadow the political conflicts of a new Europe.
Reviews
'Eleven social scientists from both sides of the Atlantic have contributed to this rich, stimulating, deep, and complex assessment of the French economic and social system and of the changes that have transformed it in the past 20 years.' - Stanley Hoffmann, Foreign Affairs
'In Changing France, Culpepper et al. (2006) and their contributors tackle the difficult task of highlighting and explaining the multiple changes that have taken place in France in the past two decades, as well as taking stock of the challenges yet to come.' - Sophie Meunier, French Politics
'Looking for a synthetic overview of the major forces at play in French politics, society, and economy since 1980? Look no further than Changing France. [N]o student of contemporary France can afford to ignore reading each and every essay.' – Timothy B. Smith, H-France Review
'Overall the book is to be recommended for offering good overviews, analysis, and coverage for an important area of continued public concern in France.' - David L. Cleeton, Modern and Contemporary France
Contents
Introduction: The Politics of Social Change in France; P.A.Hall
PART ONE
Capitalism, Coordination, and Economic Change: The French Political Economy since 1985; P.D.Culpepper
New Patterns of Industrial Relations and Political Action since the 1980s; M.Lallement
The Transformation of Corporate Governance in France; M.Goyer
PART TWO
The Long Good Bye to Bismarck? Changes in the French Welfare State; B.Palier
Different Nation, Same Nationhood: The Challenges of Immigrant Policy; V.Guiraudon
Social Generations, Life Changes and Welfare Regime Sustainability; L.Chauvel
PART THREE
The Government of the European Union and a Changing France; A.Smith
The Ongoing March of Decentralization within the Post Jacobin State; P.Le Galès
PART FOUR
The French Party System and the Crisis of Representation; G.Grunberg
Convergence, Fragmentation and Majority-Cycling in French Opinion; R.Balme
Authors
PEPPER D. CULPEPPER is Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, USA. He has published extensively on the subject of institutional change in advanced capitalist countries, including the books Creating Cooperation: The Politics of Human Capital Development in Europe and The German Skills Machine.
PETER A. HALL is Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies at Harvard University, USA. He is author or editor of many works on European politics, including Governing the Economy, Varieties of Capitalism and Developments in French Politics.
BRUNO PALIER is Chargé de Recherches the CNRS at the Centre d'études de la vie politique française de Sciences-po Paris (CEVIPOF), France. His research deals with globalization and change in national welfare states, and his books include Globalization and European Welfare States, Gouverner la Sécurité Sociale, and La Réforme des Retraites.
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