The French State in Question

by H.S. Jones

Book Overview

The French State in Question places the idea of the state back at the heart of our understanding of modern French history and political culture, and challenges accepted views of the Third Republic as a weak state. At its core is an examination of a central problem in French politics of the belle epoque: Should the employees of the state have the right to unionize, and to strike? The book examines this as a problem of intellectual history: it seeks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521890993
• ISBN13: 9780521890991
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"