Michel R. Gueldry

France and European Integration (eBook, PDF)

Toward a Transnational Polity?

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Gueldry analyzes the substantive transformations brought upon the French state by European integration through an incremental and cumulative process generally described as Europeanization. This restructuring is characterized by the erosion of traditional political and economic parameters, the emergence of new means and models of public action, and a general paradigmatic redefinition, including a search for renewed political legitimacy by French elite.

Covering the period from 1957 to the present, Gueldry examines how regional integration affects French governmental structures, public policies, political processes, and culture. He emphasizes the post-Single European Act (February 1986) period because of the accelerating momentum of the integration process after this milestone treaty. Students, scholars, and policy makers involved with EU history, institutions, and policies will be particularly interested in the work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313002694
• Artikelnr.: 68529089

Autorenporträt

MICHEL R. GUELDRY is Associate Professor of French Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies. Professor Gueldry has published extensively through book chapters and articles in journals such as French Politics and Society, La Revue Francaise, and European Community Studies Association Review.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction The French State in Historical Perspective
Governmental Institutions and Culture: The Nation-State vs. European
Institutions Economic Policy: Colbertism vs. the Laissez Fair State Social
Policy: The Welfare State vs. the Constraints of Convergence Monetary
Policy: National vs. Federal Currency Security Policy: National Autonomy
vs. Deepening Integration Territorial and Identity Politics: Jacobinisme
vs. Post-Modernism Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index