Economic Management and French Business

MAIRI MACLEAN is Professor of European Business at the University of the West of England, Bristol. She has published widely in the field of French business and comparative European business.

'This study stands as the most thorough and thoughtful examination of the relationship between the French state and business and the French national business system in the English language...this will remain a definitive study for years to come.' - David Howarth, Modern and Contemporary France '...a most welcome addition to the growing number of books seeking to explain the transformation of France in the postwar world'. Frances M.B. Lynch, Modern and Contemporary France 'This study stands as the most thorough and thoughtful examination of the relationship between the French state and business and the French national business system in the English language.' - David Howarth, Modern & Contemporary France

• Introduction: French Business in Transition Eduring Influences: French Business and the State Liberation, Modernisation and the Fourth Republic The 'Goldon Age' of the Gaullist Era The Giscard Years: From Prosperity to Deepening Crisis The Socialist Experiment: Coming to Terms with Economic Realities Competitive Liberalism and European Ambitions French Business and Global Economic Integration Conclusion Bibliography Index