France on the World Stage Nation State Strategies in the Global Era [Hardcover]

This book examines the ways in which France's relations with the international community have evolved in a period of accelerating globalization. It considers the role of the nation state, and its capacity for political initiative, examining French strategies to reinforce French influence on the world stage.Globalization and the Nation State: Conceptual Lenses on French Ambitions in a Changing World Order; M.Maclean & J.Szarka French-American Relations after the Iraq War; G.Parmentier From Confidence to Confusion: Franco-African Relations in the Era of Globalisation; T.Chafer France in East Asia: The Europeanization of French Foreign Policy; R.Wong The Burdensome Heritage of Prestige Politics; A.Sonntag The French Rejection of the 2005 EU Constitution in a Global Context; N.Startin Supporting Europe and Voting 'No'?; L.Binet Using Europe to Keep the World at Bay: French Policy on EU Economic Governance; D.Howarth French Corporate Governance in a Globalized World: A Changing Business Model?; M.Maclean From Industrial Policy to Competitiveness Policy?: The New French Strategy; J-M.Trouille & H.Uterwedde Facing Global Climate Risk: International Negotiations, European Policy Measures and French Policy Style; J.Szarka Pushing Back and Reaching Out: French Television in the Global Era; R.Kuhn Globalization and the Specificity of the French Republic: The End of the French Counter-Model?; G.Raymond

'This book examines the impact of globalisation on France which, as one of the oldest nation-states, is highly sensitive to its position in the new world order, both resisting it through anti-globalisation movements and ideologies, and looking beyond the nation-state in the European Union. To adapt the words of one commentator, the nation-state is obstinate, and the French nation-state more obstinate than others. This book will be invaluable to students of contemporary France, as well as to students of globalisation processes in today's world.' - David S.Bell, Prol³S