Changing France

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction: the Politics of Social Change in France

   1. Introduction: the Politics of Social Change in France

      • Peter A. Hall

      Pages 1-26

3. Part I

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. Capitalism, Coordination, and Economic Change: the French Political Economy since 1985

      • Pepper D. Culpepper

      Pages 29-49

   3. New Patterns of Industrial Relations and Political Action since the 1980s

      • Michel Lallement

      Pages 50-79

   4. The Transformation of Corporate Governance in France

      • Michel Goyer

      Pages 80-104

4. Part II

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. The Long Good Bye to Bismarck? Changes in the French Welfare State

      • Bruno Palier

      Pages 107-128

   3. Different Nation, Same Nationhood: the Challenges of Immigrant Policy

      • Virginie Guiraudon

      Pages 129-149

   4. Social Generations, Life Chances and Welfare Regime Sustainability

      • Louis Chauvel

      Pages 150-175

5. Part III

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177

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   2. The Government of the European Union and a Changing France

      • Andy Smith

      Pages 179-197

   3. The Ongoing March of Decentralisation within the Post-Jacobin State

      • Patrick Le Galès

      Pages 198-219

6. Part IV

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221

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   2. The French Party System and the Crisis of Representation

      • Gérard Grunberg

      Pages 223-243

   3. Convergence, Fragmentation and Majority-Cycling in French Public Opinion

      • Richard Balme

      Pages 244-275

   4. Representation in Trouble

      • Suzanne Berger

      Pages 276-291

7. Back Matter

   Pages 292-322

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How do European states adjust to international markets? Why do French governments of both left and right face a public confidence crisis? In this book, leading experts on France chart 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.

• economy
• Europe
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• Governance
• government
• Policy
• political economy
• transformation

'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

• Harvard University, USA

  Pepper D. Culpepper, Peter A. Hall

• CNRS, Paris, France

  Bruno Palier

RICHARD BALME Professor of Political Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SUZANNE BERGER Raphael Dorman and Helen Starbuck Professor of Political Science, MIT, Cambridge, USA LOUIS CHAUVEL Professor of Sociology, Sciences-Po Paris, France MICHEL GOYER Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK GÈRARD GRUNBERG Deputy Director and Vice-Provost for Research, Sciences-Po Paris (Institut d'Etudes Politiques), France VIRGINIE GUIRAUDON Research Fellow, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Lille, France MICHEL LALLEMENT Professor of Sociology, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France PATRICK LE GALÈS CNRS Senior Research Fellow, CEVIPOF and Associate Professor of Politics and Sociology, Sciences Po, Paris, France ANDY SMITH Research Fellow, CERVL-Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux, France

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