| Description |
1 online resource (177 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. The new citadels -- 2. An Americanized society -- 3. The management of public opinion -- 4. The defection of the working class -- Conclusion -- Appendix: An index of socioeconomic fragility |
| Summary |
Christophe Guilluy, a French geographer, makes the case that France has become an "American society"--One that is both increasingly multicultural and increasingly unequal. The divide between the global economy's winners and losers in today's France has replaced the old left-right split, leaving many on "the periphery." As Guilluy shows, there is no unified French economy, and those cut off from the country's new economic citadels suffer disproportionately on both economic and social fronts. In Guilluy's analysis, the lip service paid to the idea of an "open society" has emerged in France as a smoke screen meant to hide the emergence of a closed society, walled off for the benefit of the upper classes. The ruling classes in France are reaching a dangerous stage, he argues; without the stability of a growing economy, the hope for those excluded from growth is extinguished, undermining the legitimacy of a multicultural nation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Social classes -- France -- History -- 21st century
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Social stratification -- France -- History -- 21st century
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Working class -- France -- History -- 21st century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
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Social classes
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Social conditions
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Social stratification
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Working class
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Social conditions -- 1995- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98000220
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| Subject |
France
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
DeBevoise, M. B., translator
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| ISBN |
9780300240825 |
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0300240821 |
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