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How can we situate France within the European context? The preceding chapters of this book reveal a country where political “normality” is in crisis, politicization manifesting itself more in protest on the margins rather than in engagement in the processes of democracy. This contrasts with the dynamics of politicization in the countries of Northern Europe, for example. Several factors contribute to a growing disconnection between the state of society—both in its evolution and its involution—and the arguments and policy ideas which politicians have to offer. This disconnection may have its origins in two related trends.
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© 2009 Pascal Perrineau and Luc Rouban
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Rouban, L. (2009). Conclusion: France in Europe. In: Perrineau, P., Rouban, L. (eds) Politics in France and Europe. Europe in Transition: The Nyu European Studies Series. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230101890_16
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