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The End of the French Exception?

Decline and Revival of the 'French Model'

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Tony Chafer

    1. University of Portsmouth, UK

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  2. Emmanuel Godin

    1. University of Portsmouth, UK

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Part of the book series: French Politics, Society and Culture (FPSC)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Tony Chafer, Emmanuel Godin
      Pages 1-16

  3. The French Exception: Rise and Fall of a Saint-Simonian Discourse

    1. The French Exception: Rise and Fall of a Saint-Simonian Discourse

      • Sue Collard
      Pages 17-35

  5. Conflicts and Polarisation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. The French Extreme Left and the Persistence of a Revolutionary Myth

      • David Bell
      Pages 87-104

    3. French Euroscepticism and the Construction of National Exceptionalism

      • Robert Harmsen
      Pages 105-122

  7. France as a Universal Model

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. France, Europe and the Limits of Exceptionalism

      • Helen Drake
      Pages 187-202

    3. Back to the Future? Franco-African Relations in the Shadow of France’s Colonial Past

      • Margaret A. Majumdar, Tony Chafer
      Pages 203-220

  8. The French Exception Seen from Abroad

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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    2. A View from the South. France in African Eyes: Universalism and Francophonie Reassessed

      • Abdoulaye Gueye
      Pages 223-236

  9. Conclusion: French Exceptionalism Reconsidered

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
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About this book

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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'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

  • University of Portsmouth, UK

    Tony Chafer, Emmanuel Godin

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

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