The Mitterrand Era -

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Résumé :
This anthology examines the effects of economic orthodoxy on the French left. A decade after the governing left relinquished plans to 'transform society', French social actors have indeed changed. They have adapted to economic orthodoxy and to a new political mainstream. Various essays examine the political impact of economic forces. They explore the relationships between left parties and organized labour. The book also looks at new forms of political mobilization around gender, immigration, and environmental issues.

Sommaire:
Preface - List of Contributors - Abbreviations - Francois Mitterrand, the Left and Political Mobilisation in France; A.Daley - THE DILEMMAS OF GOVERNANCE - The Limits of Political Economy: Mitterrand and the Crisis of the French Left; G.Ross - Exchange Rate Politics in France: The Regime-Defining Choices of the Mitterrand Presidency; D.R.Cameron - Less Exceptionalism than Meets the Eye; S.Halimi - The Left's Response to Industrial Crisis: Restructuring in the Steel and Automobile Industries; W.R.Smith - POLICY CHANGE AND ECONOMIC ACTORS - An End to French Economic Exceptionalism? The Transformation of Business under Mitterrand; V.A.Schmidt - French Socialism and the Transformation of Industrial Relations Since 1981; C.Howell - French Labour Confronts Technological Change: Reform that Never Was?; M.Kesselman - The Dilemma of Unions Without Members; G.Groux & R.Mouriaux - POLITICAL MOBILISATION AND LEFT POLITICS - The Shifting Advantages of Organizational Formats: Factionalism and the French Socialist Party; S.Sferza - French Communism: Party Construction and Party Decline; M.A.Schain - Green Politics and Political Mobilisation: Contradictions of Direct Democracy; T.Shull - The Politics of Egalite Professionnelle Policy: As Symbolic Reform Becomes More Symbolic; A.G.Mazur - Race, Immigration and the Politics of Hate; P.R.Ireland