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Remaking the Hexagon: The New France in the New Europe

Author: Gregory Flynn

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.

Table of Contents:

	List of Tables and Figures
	Acknowledgments
1	Remaking the Hexagon	1
2	The Legacy of Traumatic Experiences in French Politics Today	17
3	The France We Have Lost: Social, Economic, and Cultural Discontinuities	31
4	Democratic Dysfunctions and Republican Obsolescence: The Demise of French Exceptionalism	49
5	The Franc Fort Strategy and the EMU	69
6	France and Global Competition	87
7	From Barre to Balladur: Economic Policy in the Era of the EMS	117
8	Change and Stability in French Elites	161
9	The Reconstruction and De-Construction of the French Party System	181
10	Trade and Identity: The Coming Protectionism?	195
11	France and Security in the New Europe: Between the Gaullist Legacy and the Search for a New Model	213
12	French Identity and Post-Cold War Europe	233
13	Thoughts on Sovereignty and French Politics	251
	About the Contributors	259
	About the Book	263
	Index	265

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Economics and Contemporary Issues with Economics Applications Card and InfoTrac

Author: Michael R Edgmand

This text examines major issues pertaining to education, health care, Social Security, unemployment, inflation, and international trade. It also examines social and political phenomena, such as the collapse of communism and central planning, the role of government in a modern economy, crime and drugs, poverty, and the failure of some economies to grow. The book maximizes the advantages of the issues approach by examining issues that interest students, while developing core economic principles, providing insights and challenges, and an analytical framework—all of which emphasize critical thinking. Students who study this textbook will develop an increased interest in economics, seeing it as important in understanding issues that affect them personally, as well as in understanding today's headlines. This book develops principles and applications to issues more thoroughly and provides much more of an international perspective than most of the others like it on the market.