A divided republic : nation, state and citizenship in contemporary France /

"This book is an original and sophisticated historical interpretation of contemporary French political culture. Until now, there have been few attempts to understand the political consequences of the profound geopolitical, intellectual and economic changes that France has undergone since the 19...

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Main Author: Chabal, Emile
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Writing histories: two republican narratives
  • 2. From nouveaux philosophes to nouveaux re;actionnaires: Marxism and the Republic
  • 3. La Re;publique en danger! The search for consensus and the rise of neo-republican politics
  • 4. Postcolonies I: integration, disintegration and citizenship
  • 5. The Republic, the Anglo-Saxon and the European project
  • 6. In the shadow of Raymond Aron: the 'liberal revival' of the 1980s
  • 7. Rewriting Jacobinism: François Furet, Pierre Rosanvallon and modern French history
  • 8. Postcolonies II: the politics of multiculturalism and colonial memory
  • 9. Whither the Trente Glorieuses? The language of crisis and the reform of the state
  • 10. Liberal politics in France: a story of failure?