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Author: Sheila Perry
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780415131803
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book highlights aspects distinctive to France in economic, social, political and cultural spheres.
Author: Sheila Perry
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-09-11
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 113478886X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrance is defined by claims of uniqueness made by or about the French. Aspects of Contemporary France illuminates the contemporary economic, cultural, political and social climate of France. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this book explains the historical background to controversial issues. It also traces France's road to nationhood through religion, language and territory. Each chapter is by a specialist in the field and is based on the most up to date information and research. Beginning with the present day, the book traces the historical background to events and provides a context for evaluation. The wide-ranging and varied themes covered include: * political parties * regions in the market place * television and film * women * secularism and Islam * linguistic policies * French consumers The book also offers a helpful chronology at the end of each chapter, a detailed bibliography and a recommended reading list. Aspects of Contemporary France presents an analytical as well as informative appraoch to French Studies. It provides a readily accessible but in-depth understanding for students of France or French civilization at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Author: David R. Howarth
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780340741870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContemporary France is a handbook covering most of the major features of French politics and society. The book is up-to-date, exploring the latest political and social developments and trends while at the same time placing them in a deeper historical, intellectual, cultural and social context that makes for insightful analysis.
Author: Jill Forbes
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-01-21
Total Pages: 491
ISBN-13: 131787790X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn one stimulating source this successful text provides a rigorous analysis of the political, economic and social developments in post-war France. The analysis is supported by specially selected French language texts and exercises. This text is suitable for undergraduate students of French (especially within a languages, social science, or business course) and for courses in French Studies and European Studies.
Author: Helen Drake
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Published: 2011-02-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0333792440
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an accessible interdisciplinary introduction to contemporary France providing coverage of culture, society, economy, and politics set in a historical and global context. A central theme is the relationship between popular images of France and the often contradictory realities of French society as it faces up the challenges of the 21st century.
Author: Kuhn, Raymond
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Published: 2011-03-01
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0335236227
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an up-to-date account of the news media of press, radio, television and the internet in one of the major media states of the European Union.
Author: Gabriel Hanotaux
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 744
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: D. L. Hanley
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-08-17
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 113497423X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany recent studies of French politics have tended to concentrate on the French political system in isolation. Contemporary France aims to set the working of the French political system into its historical, social and economic context. The first section gives a succinct description of the main developments since 1944 in all major contexts - economy, society, domestic politics and foreign relations. The authors then analyse the economic, social and cultural structures of present-day France, and discuss the institutional framework of decision-making and the major political forces involved in it. There are also chapters on French external and defence policy and on the education system, all of which are set in the context of the political system as a whole. Aimed primarily at students of European history and politics or of French society and culture, the book assumes little knowledge in the social sciences and will be readily accessible to beginners in this field.
Author: Diana Holmes
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2017-10-03
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 1526130262
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis groundbreaking book is about what ‘popular culture’ means in France, and how the term’s shifting meanings have been negotiated and contested. It represents the first theoretically informed study of the way that popular culture is lived, imagined, fought over and negotiated in modern and contemporary France. It covers a wide range of overarching concerns: the roles of state policy, the market, political ideologies, changing social contexts and new technologies in the construction of the popular. But it also provides a set of specific case studies showing how popular songs, stories, films, TV programmes and language styles have become indispensable elements of ‘culture’ in France. Deploying yet also rethinking a ‘Cultural Studies’ approach to the popular, the book therefore challenges dominant views of what French culture really means today.
Author: Helen Drake
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Published: 2011-03-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780333792438
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFew countries can claim a political heritage as rich, varied and influential as France – the birthplace of modern politics. Ideas about France are often based on popular stereotypes, yet the reality of French national identity is both diverse and changeable. In this authoritative yet accessible new text, Helen Drake provides a compelling introduction to the politics, society, economy and culture of France. She examines how well equipped the country is to meet the challenges which face it at the start of the twenty-first century. A central theme of the book is whether France has come to terms with its tumultuous past – its wars, civil strife, and rapid modernization following the devastation of World War II. Contemporary France examines key aspects of French political culture and looks at how the core republican principles of liberty, equality and fraternity are being interpreted and implemented today. France's relationship with the EU and its place in the wider world are also explored.
