01958cam a22002535a 4500999001700000005001700017008004100034020001800075040009600093043001200189082002100201100002700222245005700249250001300306260007000319300002700389504005100416520098000467650003601447651005001483653002201533942000801555952014101563  c27299d2727020190327115231.0080402t2008    enk    frb    001 0 eng d  a9780521608312  aDLCbengcDLCdBTCTAdBAKERdYDXCPdBWKUKdBWKdBWXdCDXdIAYdIXAdDLCdEG-ScBUEdEG-ScBUE  ae-fr---04a320.944bCOL2221 aCole, Alistair,d1959-10aGoverning and governance in France /cAlistair Cole.  a1st. ed.  aCambridge, UK ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,cc.2008.  axiii, 249 p. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aAs a leading European nation with a particular state tradition and historical legacy, France has long fascinated foreign observers. In recent decades, the 'orthodox model' of French politics and policy-making has been challenged by powerful forces of globalization, Europeanisation, decentralization, administrative reform and changing patterns of state-society relations. In this compelling examination of French politics since the 1970s, Alistair Cole discusses these key challenges and identifies the key drivers of change. He argues that French-style governance is an untidy affair, rather than a neatly ordered and organized hierarchy, and that, though changes in France are comparable to those in other European Union countries, its governance is mediated by domestic institutions, interests and ideas. The pressures facing France are viewed through nationally specific lenses and mediated in ways that ensure that the French polity retains distinctive characteristics. 7aPolitics and government.2BUEsh 7aFrancexPolitics and governmenty1958-2BUEsh  bBUSBOLcMarch2019  2ddc  00102ddc40708AlahramaMAINbMAINc1STd2019-03-25ePurchaseg183.00h526l0o320.944 COLp000043288r2025-07-15 00:00:00v228.75yBB