Changing France

RICHARD BALME Professor of Political Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SUZANNE BERGER Raphael Dorman and Helen Starbuck Professor of Political Science, MIT, Cambridge, USA LOUIS CHAUVEL Professor of Sociology, Sciences-Po Paris, France MICHEL GOYER Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK GAeRARD GRUNBERG Deputy Director and Vice-Provost for Research, Sciences-Po Paris (Institut d'Etudes Politiques), France VIRGINIE GUIRAUDON Research Fellow, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Lille, France MICHEL LALLEMENT Professor of Sociology, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris, France PATRICK LE GALAeS CNRS Senior Research Fellow, CEVIPOF and Associate Professor of Politics and Sociology, Sciences Po, Paris, France ANDY SMITH Research Fellow, CERVL-Institut d'etudes politiques de Bordeaux, France

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.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.