Economic Management and French Business From

How is it that the modest pace of change which typified the French economy a century ago gave way after 1945 to a new, revived capitalism and a superior economic performance? Mairi Maclean argues that the new French capitalism of the 21st century is the product of an ideological struggle in which the forces of modernization triumphed over the old guard of French nationalism.

Mairi Maclean is Professor of European Studies at the University of the West of England

List of Tables and Figures

x

Acknowledgements

xii

List of Abbreviations

xiii

Introduction: Economic Growth and the Transformation of French Business

1

(16)

Enduring Influences: French Business and the State

17

(28)

Economic change in France in the postwar era

18

(2)

The French national business system

20

(4)

Economic sovereignty as a national aspiration

24

(1)

Rousseau and the concept of the general interest

25

(2)

Colbertism, the state and business

27

(3)

Centralism and localism

30

(1)

War and the national consciousness

31

(1)

French business in historical perspective

32

(4)

French business culture

36

(3)

The changing role of the state

39

(1)

The French business model in transition

40

(2)

Conclusion

42

(3)

Liberation, Modernisation and the Fourth Republic

45

(28)

The French economy at Liberation

45

(5)

The business community and symbolic retribution

50

(4)

Nationalisation and economic renewal

54

(4)

The political and economic tribulations of the Fourth Republic

58

(3)

Reconstruction and Marshall Aid

61

(2)

Economic planning and the quest for modernisation

63

(4)

Economic management and the American model

67

(3)

Conclusion

70

(3)

The `Golden Age' of the Gaullist Era

73

(35)

Devaluation and deflation

76

(2)

Economic planning

78

(4)

Industrial policy and technological independence

82

(2)

Industrial concentration and national champions

84

(4)

Concentration in services

88

(2)

Modernisation in agriculture

90

(5)

The Franco-German relationship and primacy in Europe

95

(4)

Grandeur through Europe

99

(3)

The downfall of de Gaulle's Republic

102

(4)

Conclusion

106

(2)

The Giscard Years: from Prosperity to Deepening Crisis

108

(23)

French dependence on imported energy

110

(3)

The economic effects of crisis

113

(4)

French responses to the crisis

117

(5)

Industrial policy

122

(3)

The end of the Giscard era

125

(4)

Conclusion

129

(2)

The Socialist Experiment: Coming to Terms with Economic Realities

131

(24)

L'etat de grace

134

(2)

Nationalisation and economic progress

136

(6)

From relance to rigueur

142

(2)

The rehabilitation of the firm

144

(6)

Denationalisation in vogue

150

(2)

Conclusion

152

(3)

Competitive Liberalism and European Ambitions

155

(29)

Privatisation and popular capitalism

157

(5)

Big is beautiful: the drive for critical mass

162

(3)

European ambitions

165

(2)

German comparisons

167

(3)

France and Europe: fortress or open house?

170

(2)

France and world trade: Realpolitik oblige?

172

(5)

An era of scandal

177

(4)

Conclusion

181

(3)

French Business and Global Economic Integration

184

(34)

The pressures of EMU (1995--99)

185

(5)

France and globalisation

190

(2)

The internationalisation of French business

192

(14)

The French national business system revisited

206

(2)

Who owns French business?

208

(4)

The enduring nature of business networks

212

(4)

Conclusion

216

(2)

Conclusion

218

(14)

The argument revisited

220

(7)

An ideological revolution?

227

(3)

Summation

230

(2)

Notes

232

(37)

Bibliography

269

(15)

Index

284

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