France on the World Stage

Nation State Strategies in the Global Era

M. Maclean, J. Szarka, M. Maclean, J. Szarka

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN:
  9780230521261
• eBook ISBN:
  9780230582934
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: European Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• List of Tables and Figures
• Acknowledgements
• Notes on Contributors
• List of Abbreviations
• 1 Globalisation and the Nation State: Conceptual Lenses on French Ambitions in a Changing World Order
• 2 French-American Relations after the Iraq War: How to Redefine the Relationship
• 3 From Confidence to Confusion: Franco-African Relations in the Era of Globalisation
• 4 France in East Asia: the Europeanisation of French Foreign Policy
• 5 The Burdensome Heritage of Prestige Politics
• 6 The French Rejection of the 2005 EU Constitution in a Global Context: a Public Opinion Perspective
• 7 Supporting Europe and Voting No?
• 8 Using Europe to Keep the World at Bay: French Policy on EU Economic Governance
• 9 French Corporate Governance in a Globalised World: a Changing Business Model?
• 10 From Industrial Policy to Competitiveness Policy? The New French Strategy
• 11 Facing Global Climate Risk: International Negotiations, European Policy Measures and French Policy Style
• 12 Pushing Back and Reaching Out: French Television in the Global Age
• 13 Globalisation and the Specificity of the French Republic: the End of the French Counter-Model?
• Index