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Le Nouveau Défi français: La France face à la mondialisation

Le Nouveau Défi français: La France face à la mondialisation

Gordon, Philip H.
Meunier, Sophie

Paperback

General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 2738111432
ISBN13: 9782738111432
Publisher: Odile Jacob
Published: Mar 23 2002
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: French
Societies all over the world must adapt to economic globalisation: those that do not are threatened with extinction by U.S. domination. The situation is especially critical in France because of the country's system of state control, its concern with social justice, the strength of its national identity and its attachment to its language and culture, not to mention its age-old rivalry with the United States.In France, it is widely accepted that globalisation will have its share of positive results, but there is a general feeling of concern about the repercussions of the global economy on the distribution of revenue, employment and culture, as well as on the role that France will play in the world.What is the situation really like? Isn't French economic adaptation better than is generally believed? And what about the concept of ?taming globalisation? (la mondialisation maîtrisée)? Is it a myth?This is a significant contribution to the discussion about globalisation which should help put to rest a number of clichés concerning alleged French failures and out-dated methods. ?This is a terrific book, especially for those of us who were wondering how France manages to thrive in the very global economy it denounces. A fine and sympathetic study of the real changes in the French economy and the gap between rhetoric and reality, it is also a useful corrective to American trI'mphalI'm.?Paul R. Krugman ?Rarely has such a clear book been written about the big issue of the day in France. Avoiding the usual stereotypes and polemics, Gordon and Meunier pulverize a number of clichés, beginning with that of a France incapable of adapting to globalization.? Pascal Riché, Washington correspondent for the French daily Libération?The authors have done a fine job of undermining American clichés about present-day France both by explaining the historical and intellectual roots of French resistance to globalization and by showing how successful France has been in adapting to its challenges without thereby becoming Americanized.?Stanley Hoffmann Philip H. Gordon is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and director of the Brookings Center on the United States and France. He is a former director for European affairs at the U.S. National Security Council.Sophie Meunier is a research fellow at the Princeton University Center of International Studies.

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