Title Government through culture and the contemporary French Right / Jeremy Ahearne, Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, University of Warwick, UK

Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (187 pages) Series French politics, society and culture French politics, society, and culture series Contents Introduction -- 1. Reforging symbols: the new laicity -- 2. Transmission: the collège and the socle commun -- 3. Government through television: policy and performance -- 4. Memory: history and national identity -- 5. Outward projection: France in the world -- Conclusion Summary "Culture, understood broadly, lay at the heart of contrasting right-wing strategies for government in France during the pivotal decade of 2002-2012. Looking at issues of political secularism, educational reform, televisual performance, public memory and nation-branding, Ahearne analyses how Presidents Chirac and Sarkozy sought to redefine contemporary French identity. The study extends prevailing conceptions of 'cultural policy', and shows how this constitutes a core dimension, alongside economic and social policies, of modern right-wing government. It traces, over the course of the decade in question, a dramatic hardening of the attitudes and values informing these programmes for cultural hegemony. These reflect enduring transformations in the political and symbolic landscape of contemporary France"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Chirac, Jacques, 1932-2019 Sarkozy, Nicolas, 1955- SUBJECT Chirac, Jacques, 1932-2019 fast Sarkozy, Nicolas, 1955- fast Subject Politics and culture -- France -- History -- 21st century Conservatism -- France -- History -- 21st century Collective memory -- France -- History -- 21st century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Conservatism & Liberalism. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Collective memory Conservatism Cultural policy Politics and culture SUBJECT France -- Cultural policy -- History -- 21st century Subject France Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137290991 1137290994 1349450685 9781349450688

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