Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD ix
4. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS x
5. INTRODUCTION xiii
6. PART I Problematising Exceptionalism
7. Chapter 1 FRANCE AND EXCEPTIONALISM 3
8. Chapter 2 EXCEPTIONALISM AND UNIVERSALISM: THE UNEASY ALLIANCE IN THE FRENCHSPEAKINGWORLD 16
9. Chapter 3 THE ELUSIVE FRENCH EXCEPTION 30
10. PART II Exceptionalism in Politics and Policy
11. Chapter 4 FRENCH COMMUNISM: AN EXCEPTIONAL ORTHODOXY 47
12. Chapter 5 DOES ITMAKE SENSE TO TREAT THE FRONT NATIONAL AS A ‘FRENCH EXCEPTION’? 61
13. Chapter 6 THE FRENCH ADMINISTRATIVE EXCEPTION: CHANGE AND RESISTANCE 76
14. Chapter 7 FRENCH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS – STILL EXCEPTIONAL? 91
15. Chapter 8 THE FRENCH SOCIALISTS, DIRIGISME AND THE TROUBLED EUROPEANISATION OF EMPLOYMENT POLICY 106
16. Chapter 9 FRENCH FOREIGN AND DEFENCE POLICY: EXCEPTIONAL IN METHODS AND RHETORIC? 121
17. PART III Exceptionalism in French Culture, the Media and Sport
18. Chapter 10 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES IN FRANCE: AN EXAMPLE OF AMERICANISATION? 139
19. Chapter 11 THEMYTH OF EXCEPTIONALISM? FRENCH TELEVISION IN AWEST EUROPEAN CONTEXT 151
20. Chapter 12 CULTURAL EXCEPTION(S) IN FRENCH CINEMA 167
21. Chapter 13 SPORT AND POLITICS: ANOTHER FRENCH EXCEPTION 179
22. Chapter 14 FRENCH INTELLECTUALS: THE LEGENDARY EXCEPTION 193
23. BIBLIOGRAPHY 209
24. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 235
25. INDEX 238