The Government and Politics of France

Knapp, Andrew; Wright, Vincent

doi:10.4324/9780203402603

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“…For a better understanding of the French local institutions, politics and planning system, readers may refer to: Knapp and Wright 2006, Booth et al 2007, Booth 2009). 2.…”

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The promotion of creative industries as a tool for urban planning: the case of theTerritoire de la culture et de la créationin Paris Region

Aubry

Blein

Vivant

2014

International Journal of Cultural Policy

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The use of cultural amenities as a tool for strategic planning and the incorporation of the symbolic value of culture by capitalist modes of production have been widely studied. At the same time, debates surrounding the emerging concepts of creative economy and industries have fostered economic development strategies promoting clusters of creative activities. The case of the Territoire de la culture et de la création, in a Paris suburb, illustrates an hybridisation of these two kinds of strategies. As we will explain, the promotion of creative activities (mainly film industries) within the frame of a large urban project should not be seen as an economic strategy but as a planning strategy. Here, supporting creative industries is not this urban project's goal but its tool. It is a means to give value to a brownfield area, before launching a large and expensive urban project requiring private investors.

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“…For a better understanding of the French local institutions, politics and planning system, readers may refer to: Knapp and Wright 2006, Booth et al 2007, Booth 2009). 2.…”

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confidence: 99%

The promotion of creative industries as a tool for urban planning: the case of theTerritoire de la culture et de la créationin Paris Region

Aubry

Blein

Vivant

2014

International Journal of Cultural Policy

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“…Following this reasoning, Taggart (2006) stresses the importance of regarding referendums as a constitutive ingredient in the politics of European integration, and van der Eijk and Franklin (2004) demonstrate how the European and domestic dimensions are progressively merging. With respect to this, some studies suggest that the European cleavage is not a strong factor structuring party competition (Harmsen, 2004;Knapp & Wright, 2006), whereas other visions focus on how attitudes towards Europe might become a potential cleavage and structure party systems (van der Eijk & Franklin, 2004).…”

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The Domestic Politics of the EU in the Constitutional Treaty Referendums

Font

2008

Perspectives on European Politics and Society

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This paper explores the different ways in which the EU dimension was contextualised in domestic politics in the 2005 Constitutional Treaty referendums in Spain, France and The Netherlands. It suggests that an ideationally based type of contextualisation dominated the Spanish referendum, in sharp contrast with the materially based mode that was dominant in France and The Netherlands. Variations in the ways in which the EU dimension was structured in domestic politics are largely accounted for by the interplay between the presence of an explicit anti-European agenda and government popularity. The paper shows that in Spain a popular government managed to keep control of the referendum debates, preventing anti-EU campaigners from gaining control of the debate and turning its focus from a symbolic proEuropean discourse to materially based anti-European matters. By contrast, increasingly unpopular governments in France and The Netherlands were unable to keep the debate focused away from potential sources of material discontent. By focusing on the modes the EU dimension is framed in domestic politics, the paper aims at making a contribution to the literature on European referendums.

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“…The environmental movement is classified by classic (neo-) pluralist and (neo-) corporatist accounts of French politics as an inert, dwindling and excluded set of actors (Wilson, 1987;Elgie and Griggs, 2000;Knapp and Wright, 2006). A group-centric perspective reveals a multiplicity of actor capability.…”

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Environmental Mobilization and Resource-Opportunity Usage: The Examples of WWF-France, FNE and LPO in Policy Processes

McCauley¹

2007

Fr Polit

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Environmental mobilization in France is traditionally characterized by both small and large-scale manifestations against a seemingly all-powerful state apparatus. From protests against the establishment of nuclear power stations in the 1970s to more recent counter-globalization marches, environmental actors are often portrayed by French politics as reactionary, aggrieved and intransigent. However, this paper argues that environmental activists in France pursue highly sophisticated mobilization strategies in their attempt to influence policy-specific issues. It explores the activities of three environmental associations active in France: World Wildlife Fund France, France Nature Environnement and la Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux. A theoretical framework based on 'policy opportunity windows' allows us to fully appreciate the strategic repertoire of such groups. It is argued, above all, that a resource analysis offers important explanatory power for understanding an increasingly proactive, competitive and multi-actor environmental movement.

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The Government and Politics of France

Cited by 18 publications

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The promotion of creative industries as a tool for urban planning: the case of theTerritoire de la culture et de la créationin Paris Region

The promotion of creative industries as a tool for urban planning: the case of theTerritoire de la culture et de la créationin Paris Region

The Domestic Politics of the EU in the Constitutional Treaty Referendums

Environmental Mobilization and Resource-Opportunity Usage: The Examples of WWF-France, FNE and LPO in Policy Processes

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