The Oxford Handbook of French Politics

The Oxford Handbook of French Politics
Author: Robert Elgie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 840
Release: 2016-11-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0191648477

The Oxford Handbook of French Politics provides a comprehensive and comparative overview of the French political system through the lens of political science. The Handbook is organized into three parts: the first part identifies foundational concepts for the French case, including chapters on republicanism and social welfare; the second part focuses on thematic large-scale processes, such identity, governance, and globalization; while the third part examines a wide range of issues relating to substantive politics and policy, among which are chapters on political representation, political culture, social movements, economic policy, gender policy, and defense and security policy. The volume brings together established and emerging scholars and seeks to examine the French political system from a comparative perspective. The contributors provide a state-of-the-art review both of the comparative scholarly literature and the study of the French case, making The Oxford Handbook of French Politics an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the foundations of contemporary political life in France.

The Welfare State Reader

The Welfare State Reader
Author: Christopher Pierson
Publisher: Polity
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2006
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0745635555

Includes 20 selections, reflecting the thinking and research in welfare state studies, these readings are organized around a series of debates - on welfare regimes, globalization, Europeanization, demographic change and political challenges.

Creating the Welfare State in France, 1880-1940

Creating the Welfare State in France, 1880-1940
Author: Timothy Beresford Smith
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780773524095

In this work, Timothy Smith argues that although post-World War II politicians have attempted to take credit for the creation of the welfare state, the social reform movement in France actually grew out of World War I. Smith shows that French social spending before World War II was well above the European average and demonstrates that the present welfare state is based on a structure that already existed but was expanded and consolidated with great political fanfare during the 1940s. Smith shows that France's most important social legislation to date - providing medical insurance, maternity benefits, modest pensions, and disability benefits to millions of people - was passed in 1928 (and amended and put into practice in 1930). This law covered over 50 per cent of the population by 1940. Few other nations could have claimed this sort of social insurance success. As well, by 1937 the centuries-old public assistance residency requirements had been transferred from the local to the departmental (regional) level. France's success in introducing important social reforms may require us to rethink the common view of interwar France as a time of utter political, economic and social failure.

Politiques Sociales / Social Policies

Politiques Sociales / Social Policies
Author: Jean-Claude Barbier
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789052014203

La multiplication des recherches comparatives internationales, notamment européennes, contraste singulièrement avec le peu de réflexion sur leur épistémologie et sur les questions de méthode. C'est à ce manque que cet ouvrage cherche à remédier en s'appuyant sur l'expérience d'historiens, de sociologues, de politistes et d'économistes de divers pays européens. Comment ces chercheurs construisent-ils la comparabilité de leurs objets ? Quel rôle les langues jouent-elles dans la clarté de la comparaison ? Comment dépasser l'opposition entre universalisme et relativisme culturaliste ? Telles sont quelques-unes des questions auxquelles cet ouvrage apporte un éclairage tout à fait novateur. Prenant appui sur leur expérience empirique, les auteurs proposent à la fois un instrument de travail utile pour les chercheurs et un outil de réflexion pour les acteurs des politiques sociales qui travaillent de plus en plus en milieu international. While the amount of cross-national comparative research has continued to grow, especially in Europe, remarkably little attention has been devoted to epistemological and methodological questions. Papers in this book by historians, sociologists, economists and political scientists aim to contribute to this insufficiently explored research topic. Drawn from various European countries, they explain how they construct their research objects. They address the role of languages in comparative research and they all try to reach beyond the opposition between universalism and culturalist relativism or particularism. The authors draw on their extensive empirical knowledge to produce a useful instrument for researchers. Their writing will also find important echoes among practitioners of social policies, who are increasingly confronted with international situations and need models to interpret the practical differences they experience.

Policy Analysis in France

Policy Analysis in France
Author: Charlotte Halpern
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2018-01-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1447324218

Understanding policy analysis in France requires first a thorough exploration of the distinction usually made in French academic and practitioner debates between policy studies and policy analysis--essentially the difference between studies of policy and studies designed for the use of policy. This book begins there, then delves into questions of how and by whom knowledge of policies is produced within and outside the French state, showing that while the tension between the two types of study is real, the continued exchange of ideas between them has led to an enrichment of both spheres. The book thus lays the foundation for a more systematic understanding of policy analysis in France.

France Between the Wars

France Between the Wars
Author: Sian Reynolds
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2002-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134798326

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Publisher: Odile Jacob
Total Pages: 433
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ISBN: 2738178936

France in Crisis

France in Crisis
Author: Timothy B. Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2004-11-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521605205

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AIDS in Europe

AIDS in Europe
Author: Peter Aggleton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2002-09-09
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 113536415X

Major changes in the nature and dynamics of the AIDS epidemic over the last few years are reflected in changing epidemiological trends as well as in the progress made in biomedical research and treatment. AIDS in Europe brings together papers from leading social science researchers to look at the opportunities and challenges these changes bring and the different ways in which they are being responded to in both western and eastern Europe. Papers are organised under three headings: *new challenges for HIV prevention *care of people living with HIV/AIDS in a new therapeutic context *AIDS public policies: from specialisation to normalisation AIDS in Europe provides a comprehensive overview of current social and behavioural research on HIV and AIDS for all health professionals.

Changing France

Changing France
Author: P. Culpepper
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2006-01-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230584535

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.