Policy analysis in France lays the foundation for a more systematic understanding of policy analysis in the country. In doing so, the volume discusses the role of the State and its restructuring, processes of government and governance, and State-Society relationships and policies as both a process and an outcome. Through 18 chapters contributions focus on policymakers, their practices, ideas and discourses, how they engage in sustained relationships with a large variety of market and society actors, and the concrete devices they use in order to make policy objectives operational. This is a comprehensive study of policy analysis in France that will be valuable to academics and postgraduate students researching and studying a range of policy and public management areas.
This book offers a unique perspective on contemporary France by focusing on racial diversity, race and racism as central features of French society and identity.
The author critically reviews the contentious public policies and significant issues, including the 2005 French riots and the policies regarding the Islamic veil, revealing how color-blind racism plays a role in the persistence of racial inequality for French racial minorities.
Drawing from American sociological frameworks, this outstanding study presents a new way of thinking in the study of racial identity politics in today’s France.
FoUR France: defending our model Bruno Palier and Luana Petrescu on 29 May 2005, 54.87% of French voters voted against the european Constitution. However, this French ‘non’ appears to have been less against europe in general and more against the perceived threat of an ‘ultra-liberal’ europe, which would lead to the loss of jobs to foreign workers (both in France and abroad) from outsourcing, thereby creating a social dumping that would endanger the French social model. Since France views itself as having a strong commitment to ‘solidarity’,1 it still
45 THREE Prostitution in France Gill Allwood Introduction Prostitution has been high on the public and political agenda in France since the late 1990s. This is due to a number of factors, including: the impact of UN debates and initiatives on related issues, especially child prostitution and pornography, and trafficking in human beings; the growing acceptance in international fora of a distinction between ‘free’ and ‘forced’ prostitution, which the dominant abolitionist position in France rejects; and changing patterns of migration, which have led to an increase
79 FIVE Methods of French policy studies Claire Dupuy and Philippe Zittoun Introduction Methodological debate is central to characterising the scientificity of social sciences research (Merton, 1957) and policy studies in particular (Lerner and Lasswell, 1951). This chapter focuses on French policy studies and the methods of policy analysis. Its objective is to highlight the main features of these approaches as compared to other national community practices. This task seems somewhat daunting as explicit discussions on methods among policy specialists are
1 ONE Policy analysis in France: introduction Charlotte Halpern, Patrick Hassenteufel and Philippe Zittoun Introduction This book lays the foundation for a more systematic understanding of policy analysis in France.1 In the French context, understanding ways in which knowledge of and for policies is produced within and outside the state raises two issues that we collectively address in this volume: explaining the process by which studies for policy process have been strictly separated from the study of policy process and providing some explanation as to why
Introduction The child protection system in France has experienced successive dysfunctions since the 1990s, translated into poor quality protection and even children’s deaths. These have led to large-scale administrative and legislative reforms. Most of the time, the element that triggers the reforms has been media coverage of the dysfunction: a particular event (often a death) moves public opinion and the authorities have to provide a response almost immediately. Occasionally, the media focus on situations of distress and suffering, often alerted by the
143 SEVEN Social policy concepts and language in France Daniel Béland73 This volume explores the politics and history of social policy language and concepts. A country associated with both universalism and a unique Republican political culture, France is an interesting case for the analysis of social policy language because of the contested nature of the very concepts that help define what social policy is about. Another reason to turn attention to France is the influence of this country on international policy debates, within the European Union and
115 SIX Teenage pregnancy and reproductive politics in France Corinne Nativel Introduction On 17 January 2005, France was celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Veil law. This landmark in contemporary French social history legalised the right to abortion, closely following the Neuwirth law on free access to the contraceptive pill.1 The ‘second contraceptive revolution’ emerged in the midst of the 1968 feminist battles,2 which paved the path for significant changes in the sexual reproductive behaviour of the French, including that of teenagers (Mossuz-Lavau, 2002
103 SeVen france: gender equality a pipe dream? Jeanne Fagnani and Antoine Math Maternity leave1: 16 weeks at 100% of earnings, up to a ceiling of €2,773 a month (24 weeks for third or further child). Paternity leave: 2 weeks provided by two schemes – 3 working days at 100% of earnings, paid by the employer), and 11 consecutive days (including non-working days) at 100% of earnings, up to a ceiling of €2,773 a month, paid by the social security fund. Parental leave: until the child is 3 years; family entitlement. A flat-rate payment (€536 per month) is paid
