SUSAN MILNER is Director of the European Research Institute and Reader in European Studies at the University of Bath. Her research interests include employment policy in France and the European Union, labour movements and globalization, and urban governance regimes. Her recent publications include editorship of a special issue of Journal of European Integration on Euroscepticism, and joint editorship of a special issue of Modern and Contemporary France on Globalization. She is currently involved in a comparative Franco-British research project on family-friendly employment. - NICK PARSONS is Senior Lecturer in French at Cardiff University. He has published widely on aspects of contemporary French politics and society, particularly in the field of industrial relations. He is the author of Employee Participation in Europe: A Case Study in the British and French Gas Industries.

• Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; S.Milner & N.Parsons PART I: STATE AND NATION French Politics in the Twenty-First Century: Invention or Muddling Through?; D.Hanley Reinventing the French State; J.Hayward The French State and the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century; P.Sadran Redefining the Franco-German Relationship; J-M.Trouille French Subnational Government and the European Union: The Relocation and Reformulation of Governance and the Restructuring of Policy; D.Howarth PART II: STATE AND SOCIETY Beyond the 'Crisis of Representation'? A Case Study of Innovation in French Local Government; S.Collins Education for Citizenship: Reinventing the French Republic; H.Starkey The French 'Melting Pot': Outdated - Or in Need of Reinvention?; M.Tribalat Reinventing Everyday Life in France: The Reduction of Working Time; M-C.Kok Escalle PART III: HISTORY AND IDENTITY Wartime Deportation from France: Can the French Still Remember as a Nation?; M.Martin Facing The Past: French Wartime Memories at the Millennium; H.Diamond & C.Gorrara Conclusion; S.Milner & N.Parsons