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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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Central government

• Full title: Government through Culture and the Contemporary French Right
• Author: Jeremy Ahearne
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 187
• EAN: 9781137290984
• ISBN: 1137290986
• ID: 04770864
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 370 g
• Dimensions: 144 × 218 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. November 2014

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