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The Resurgence of the Radical Right in France
This book attempts to account for the resurgence of significant political movements of the Radical Right in France since the establishment of democracy in the country at the end of the nineteenth century. Taking to task historical treatments of the Radical Right for their failure to specify the conditions and dynamics attending its emergence, and faulting the historical myopia of contemporary electoral and party-centric accounts of the Front National, it tries to explain the Radical Right's continuing appeal by relating the socio-structural outcomes of the processes of industrialization and democratization in France to the persistence of economically and politically illiberal groups within French society. Specifically, the book argues that, as a result of the country's protracted and uneven experience of industrialization and urbanization, significant pre- or anti-modern social classes, which remained functionally ill-adapted and culturally ill-disposed to industrial capitalism and liberal democracy, subsisted late into its development.
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The Jews of France today : identity and values
Based on a national, empirical survey, this book presents a rich portrait of the Jews of France today. An expanded translation of a French edition, the book explores the demographics, identity, communal participation, social issues and values of this community.
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The French exception : Emmanuel Macron : the extraordinary rise and risk
From total unknown to one of Europe's most powerful men in just a few years. At 39, Emmanuel Macron is France's youngest leader since Napoleon and is intent on conquering the world stage. But what lies beneath the faًcade of this youthful, ultra-confident and calculating president? How did someone from small-town France assemble - in just 12 months - the network, team and finances to win the presidency? Now elected, can he make the French feel better about themselves? Can he rally Europe around him and turn the tide of right-wing nationalism sweeping the continent? Critically, what will his presidency mean for Britain?
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The vichy past in france today
France's fractured legal vector of memory -- The Le Pen moment -- Alain Badiou's The meaning of Sarkozy: \"transcendental Petainism\" and the ossification of history -- Remaking the Mode Retro: perversion and the \"pulping\" of history in Joonathan Litell's The Kindly Ones -- Revising history, betraying memory: Yannick Haenel's Jan Karski and the Kan Karski affair.
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France after 2012
\"In May 2012, French voters rejected the liberalizing policies of Nicholas Sarkozy and elected his opponent, the Socialist Franًcois Hollande, president. In June 2012, the incumbent president's center-right UMP party was swept out of government in the ensuing parliamentary elections, giving way to a new center-left majority in the National Assembly. This book analyzes the contexts and results of the 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections in France. It assesses the legacies of the Sarkozy presidency that informed the 2012 electoral campaigns, scrutinizing his domestic social and economic policies on the one hand and European and foreign policies on the other. In turn, the elections' outcomes are also analyzed from the standpoint of various political parties and other institutional interests in France, and the results are situated within the broader run of French political history. Finally, the book examines the principal challenges facing the Hollande administration and new government of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, and assesses how effectively these have been met during their first year in office\"--Provided by publisher.
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The Lure of Anti-Semitism
This book is the first scientific study of present-day French anti-Semitism. As from the beginning of the 21st century France has been witness to a renewal of anti-Semitism which owes as much to internal developments in French society as to global factors and in particular to the conflict in the Middle East.
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Mesurer l’antisémitisme contemporain : enjeux politiques et méthode scientifique
Depuis la fin de l’année 2000, la multiplication des actes antisémites en France fait l’objet de controverses politiques et scientifiques et de mobilisations impliquant des acteurs publics et privés : l’État, des institutions de la communauté juive organisée, des intellectuels et chercheurs. L’évaluation du nombre et de la nature des actes, tout comme leur évolution, font l’objet d’interprétations divergentes. Cet article retrace la chronologie de l’émergence de cette question comme problème public et replace ces phénomènes dans un contexte national marqué par les appropriations du conflit israélo-palestinien et des débats portant sur le multiculturalisme, l’islam et le racisme en France. En interrogeant les outils méthodologiques mobilisés (sondages d’opinion, recensions annuelles des violences et menaces) pour évaluer les différentes formes d’hostilité à l’égard d’un groupe, la question de l’antisémitisme contemporain en France souligne la nécessité de repenser les cadres d’analyse des dynamiques d’inclusion et de fragilisation de groupes minoritaires dans une société démocratique. Assessing Antisemitism in France Today: Political and Methodological Challenges Since the end of 2000, assessing French antisemitism has become a major issue of debate and controversy. A discussion of the tools and methodological considerations, an analysis of minority politics and a mapping of political cleavages, this article intends to look back on the interactions between the different public and private actors involved: the French State, the organized Jewish community, intellectuals and scholars. The assessment of antisemitism in France has primarily relied on opinion polls and statistics on the number of hostile acts committed against individuals and institutions perceived as Jewish, on an annual basis. At a time when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and debates on multiculturalism, Islam and racism shape tensions in the public space, the debate and its framework have changed considerably. The challenges posed by newer forms of hostility towards Jews in contemporary France invite researchers in the field to reconsider the relevance of the tools and models used to appraise a minority group’s integration in society, and develop a new understanding of the definition of antisemitism.
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