Contemporary France

History and Legacies. The making of the French nation state ; The postwar transformations of France ; Gaullist France in the Cold War years ; Change and continuity: Francois MItterand's France ; From Jacques Chirac to Nicolas Sarkozy: France enters the twenty-first century

France and the French. La terre, territory and le terroir ; Who are the twenty-first century French?

Politics and Political Culture. French political culture ; French political parties in a bipolar party system ; French politics and twenty-first century problems

Government, Policy-Making and the Republican State. The semi-presidential regime of the Fifth French Republic ; The state and the republic: grand ideas into policy ; Decentralization and local democracy ; France in Europe, Europe in France

A Social French Republic. Social structures and social policy ; A secular state in a diverse society ; Education, class and opportunity

Culture and Identity. The politics of French culture ; International cultural diplomacy ; Contemporary culture and cultural identities

Economy and Business. The French Republic in the global economy ; Dirigisme, the state and the market ; France in the European (EU) economy ; Labor, capital and the state ; The French business environment in the twenty-first century

France in the World. The weight of the past ; The challenge of the future: post Cold War review ; The European Union ; France and the 'Anglo-Saxons' ; France in the wider world ; Remembering the past, shaping the future.