Remaking The Hexagon
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A01=Gregory Flynn
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Author_Gregory Flynn
Author_Yves Meny
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Competitive Disinflation
Demarcation Line
Dm Exchange Rate
Domestic Macroeconomic Policy
elite structure analysis
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EU Level
European integration studies
External Sovereignty
Franc Fort
France's identity crisis
French exceptionalism
French Identity
French Party System
French political transformation
French Security Policy
Gaullist Legacy
Inspection Des Finances
Le Pors
Napoleon III
national identity crisis
national policies
NATO Asset
NATO Reform
Nominal Convergence
Nominal Exchange Rate Stability
Nominal Short Term Interest Rates
party system evolution
post-Cold War French governance
security policies
UK Competitiveness
UK Pattern
welfare state policy
West Germany
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780367285616
- Weight: 690g
- Dimensions: 150 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 13 Sep 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In this volume, distinguished French and U.S. historians, economists, and political scientists explore the dimensions of France's current crisis of identity. Although every European nation has been adjusting to the dramatic transformations on the continent since the end of the Cold War, France's struggle to adapt has been particularly difficult. Responding to a mix of external and internal pressures, the nation is now questioning many basic assumptions about how France should be governed, what the objectives of national policies should be, and ultimately what it means to be French. Rather than focusing explicitly on the problem of identity, the contributors offer differing perspectives on the issues at the heart of the country's debate about its future. They begin by examining how France's historical legacy has influenced the way the nation confronts contemporary problems, giving special attention to the manner in which past traumatic experiences, socioeconomic and cultural traditions, and the belief in French exceptionalism have shaped current political thinking. They then consider how favoring a more open approach to trade and building a strong franc have changed the culture of economic policy and created dilemmas for the rule of the state as a guarantor of welfare. They go on to explore changes in elite structures, the evolution of the party system, and the spillover of new political conditions that are driving France's efforts to establish a strong national identity in the area of trade. Finally, the contributors examine the central influence of the changing international framework on France's self-definition, on its security policies, its relationship to the European Union, and its basic perceptions of the state and sovereignty. They also consider how the answers to these questions are affecting France's relationships with the outside world and the overriding policy dilemmas faced by all the European nations.
Gregory Flynn
