The End of the French Exception?: Decline and Revival of the 'French Model' (French Politics, Society and Culture)

Analyzes the notion of the French exception and the ways in which it has informed both academic analysis and political commentary on France today. Adopting a comparative and interdisciplinary approach it examines the resilience of the notion of French exceptionalism and evaluates its relevance in a changing domestic and global context.

DAVID BELL School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds UK TONY CHAFER Professor of Contemporary French Area Studies and Director of the Centre for European and International Studies Research at the University of Portsmouth, UK SUE COLLARD Sussex European Institute, UK HUGH DAUNCEY Newcastle University. UK HELEN DRAKE Loughborough University, UK EMMANUEL GODIN University of Portsmouth, UK ABOULAYE GUEYE University of Ottawa, Canada ROBERT HARMSEN University of Luxembourg NICK HEWLETT University of Warwick, UK RAYMOND KUHN Queen Mary, University of London, UK MARGARET MAJUMDAR University of Portsmouth, UK SUSAN MILNER University of Bath, UK MARTIN SCHAIN New York University, USA NATALYA VINCE Queen Mary, University of London, UK