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How is it that the modest pace of change which typified the French economy a century ago gave way after 1945 to a new, revived capitalism and a superior economic performance? Maclean traces the development of French economic and business life in the context of the European and international economy over the past fifty years. She examines the main economic trends and events: from nationalization to privatization; from war with Germany to reconciliation and ever-greater union; from the franc to the euro; and from national champions to mega-mergers with foreign companies. Maclean argues that the new French capitalism of the twenty-first century is the product of an ideological struggle in which the forces of modernization triumphed over the old guard of French nationalism.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Economic Growth and the Transformation of French Business
- 1 Enduring Influences: French Business and the State
- 2 Liberation, Modernisation and the Fourth Republic
- 3 The 'Golden Age' of the Gaullist Era
- 4 The Giscard Years: from Prosperity to Deepening Crisis
- 5 The Socialist Experiment: Coming to Terms with Economic Realities
- 6 Competitive Liberalism and European Ambitions
- 7 French Business and Global Economic Integration
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index