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082	0	4	_a320.944 _bCOL _222
100	1		_aCole, Alistair, _d1959-
245	1	0	_aGoverning and governance in France / _cAlistair Cole.
250			_a1st. ed.
260			_aCambridge, UK ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _cc.2008.
300			_axiii, 249 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aAs a leading European nation with a particular state tradition and historical legacy, France has long fascinated foreign observers. In recent decades, the 'orthodox model' of French politics and policy-making has been challenged by powerful forces of globalization, Europeanisation, decentralization, administrative reform and changing patterns of state-society relations. In this compelling examination of French politics since the 1970s, Alistair Cole discusses these key challenges and identifies the key drivers of change. He argues that French-style governance is an untidy affair, rather than a neatly ordered and organized hierarchy, and that, though changes in France are comparable to those in other European Union countries, its governance is mediated by domestic institutions, interests and ideas. The pressures facing France are viewed through nationally specific lenses and mediated in ways that ensure that the French polity retains distinctive characteristics.
650		7	_aPolitics and government. _2BUEsh
651		7	_aFrance _xPolitics and government _y1958- _2BUEsh
653			_bBUSBOL _cMarch2019
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