Government through Culture and the Contemporary French Right

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"Culture, understood broadly, lay at the heart of contrasting right-wing strategies for government in France during the pivotal decade of 2002-2012. Looking at issues of political secularism, educational reform, televisual performance, public memory and nation-branding, Ahearne analyses how Presidents Chirac and Sarkozy sought to redefine contemporary French identity. The study extends prevailing conceptions of 'cultural policy', and shows how this constitutes a core dimension, alongside economic and social policies, of modern right-wing government. It traces, over the course of the decade in question, a dramatic hardening of the attitudes and values informing these programmes for cultural hegemony. These reflect enduring transformations in the political and symbolic landscape of contemporary France"--

subjects: Politics and culture,  Conservatism,  France, cultural policy,  Memory,  Cultural policy,  History,  Collective memory,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  History & Theory,  Government,  National,  Public Policy,  Political Ideologies,  Conservatism & Liberalism,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Media Studies