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Social-nationalism : an anatomy of French euroscepticism

Title: Social-nationalism : an anatomy of French euroscepticism / Bertrand Benoit.
Author: Benoit, Bertrand, 1972-
Publication: Aldershot ; Brookfield, USA : Ashgate, ©1997.

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Description

xi, 175 pages; 22 cm

Summary

This text is an attempt to analyze Eurosceptic discourse in France. The text presents a brief overview of the emergence of the Euroscepticism since 1988 starting with the re-election of Francois Mitterrand. The dynamics of the movement are put into their historical perspective.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Invention of Social-Nationalism -- What? Chronology of a Political Revolution -- A Europeanised Elite -- An Electorate Turned Defiant -- Surfing the High Tide of Euroscepticism -- Bursting the Eurosceptic Bubble? -- Who? Ahead of the Tide -- The National Front -- The Corporatist Constellation -- Industrial Action and Euroscepticism -- Influential Individuals -- The Cultural Reaction -- Who? A Widening Leadership and a Growing Audience -- The Rassemblement Pour la Republique -- Philippe de Villiers and the Movement for France -- Jean-Pierre Chevenement and the Citizens' Movement -- How? The Six Points of Euroscepticism -- The Historical and Geopolitical Flaws of European Integration -- The Anti-Democratic Threat -- French Institutions at Odds with the European Model -- European Integration as a Threat to the Economy -- European Integration as a Danger for French Identity -- The Cultural Dimension -- Social-Nationalism in Perspective -- Looking for Precedents -- What Social-Nationalism is Not -- The French Revolution, 200 Years On -- The Precedents of Cultural Nationalism -- The 1880s and the 1930s: Two Nationalist Crises -- The Historical Approach as a Guide to Differences -- The Political Economy of Social-Nationalism -- A Prolonged Economic Depression -- Social Malaise and Political Exploitation -- Looking Beyond the Hexagon -- Integration, Globalisation, and Interdependence -- Globalisation: a Neo-Nationalist's Nightmare -- Salvation in the State -- The End of the 'Cold War' and the Twilight of Ideologies.

ISBN

1840140151
9781840140156

LCCN

97037027

OCLC

ocm37546752
37546752
SCSB-348811

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Princeton University Library