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Political developments in France offer sharp lessons for the rest of Europe, according to new research by Professor Brigitte Granville
A new book authored by Professor Brigitte Granville offers fresh insights into politics and society in France, providing a critique of French leadership in the run-up to the forthcoming presidential elections.
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The yellow vest (gilets jaunes) movement began in France in 2018.
Professor Brigitte Granville offers a unique insight into the state of the French nation in her new book,
What Ails France?
While France has experienced many of the challenges experienced by other advanced industrial democracies in the face of globalisation, technology and mass immigration, there have been specific difficulties in the French context.
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The yellow vest (gilets jaunes) movement began in France in 2018
Professor Brigitte Granville offers a unique insight into the state of the French nation in her new book,
What Ails France?
While France has experienced many of the challenges experienced by other advanced industrial democracies in the face of globalisation, technology and mass immigration, there have been specific difficulties in the French context.
The book makes the case that the failure in France to deal effectively with those widely shared challenges, and the resulting public discontent, are the result of the centralised rule of an entitled and intellectually parochial oligarchy. This establishment is buttressed by an ‘intelligentsia’ that has abandoned the typically radical values of their youth. As the horrors of the twentieth century receded and the West won the Cold War, much of the intelligentsia became conformist. Professor Granville points to the recent yellow vests (