Defence And Dissent In Contemporary France

Author : Jolyon Howorth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000424057
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defence and Dissent in Contemporary France written by Jolyon Howorth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1984, examines France’s independent nuclear weapons programme of the 1980s alongside the French peace movement, which was almost totally absent – in contrast to the peace protests of the US and the rest of Europe. This book analyses this unusual pattern of defence and dissent, and assesses its likely development. It looks at the evolvement of French post-war defence policy, and discusses the French peace movement, attempting to explain why it was so weak.

Author : Jolyon Howorth
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312191009
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defence and Dissent in Contemporary France written by Jolyon Howorth and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fredrik Wetterqvist
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781568063478
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Security and Defence Policy written by Fredrik Wetterqvist and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1993-05 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charlan Nemeth
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465096301
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Defense of Troublemakers written by Charlan Nemeth and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eminent psychologist explains why dissent should be cherished, not feared We've decided by consensus that consensus is good. In In Defense of Troublemakers, psychologist Charlan Nemeth argues that this principle is completely wrong: left unchallenged, the majority opinion is often biased, unoriginal, or false. It leads planes and markets to crash, causes juries to convict innocent people, and can quite literally make people think blue is green. In the name of comity, we embrace stupidity. We can make better decisions by embracing dissent. Dissent forces us to question the status quo, consider more information, and engage in creative decision-making. From Twelve Angry Men to Edward Snowden, lone objectors who make people question their assumptions bring groups far closer to truth--regardless of whether they are right or wrong. Essential reading for anyone who works in groups, In Defense of Troublemakers will radically change the way you think, listen, and make decisions.

Author : R. Utley
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230595642
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The French Defence Debate written by R. Utley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-08-22 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The French Defence Debate examines assertions of consensus and continuity in, and surrounding, France's defence since 1958, with primary reference to the political career of François Mitterrand. Mitterrand's influence over defence and security, before and after his election to the presidency, is often underestimated. Nonetheless his impact was substantial, if ultimately for his lack of concern to preserve consensus and his reluctance to instigate necessary changes in France's defence - despite the end of the Cold War, and the military deficiencies and limitations of national independence it exposed.

Author : Mark Bevir
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134445016
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interpreting Global Security written by Mark Bevir and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection explores the fruitfulness of applying an interpretive approach to the study of global security. The interpretive approach concentrates on unpacking the meanings and beliefs of various policy actors, and, crucially, explains those beliefs by locating them in historical traditions and as responses to dilemmas. Interpretivists thereby seek to highlight the contingency, diversity, and contestability of the narratives, expertise, and beliefs that inform political action. The interpretive approach is widespread in the study of governance and public policy, but arguably it has not yet had much impact on security studies. The book therefore deploys the interpretive approach to explore contemporary issues in international security, combining theoretical engagement with good empirical coverage through a novel set of case studies. Bringing together a fresh mix of world renowned and up-and-coming scholars from across the fields of security studies, political theory and international relations, the chapters explore the beliefs, traditions, and dilemmas that have informed security practice on the one hand, and the academic study of security on the other, as well as the connections between them. All contributors look to situate their work against a broader historical background and long-standing traditions, allowing them to take a critical yet historically informed approach to the material.

Author : K. Steven Vincent
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461644380
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Human Tradition in Modern France written by K. Steven Vincent and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Human Tradition in Modern France gives a human perspective of the history of France from 1789 to the present, revealed in essays that highlight individuals and intriguing events that too often have been lost under labels and statistics. Students will gain an understanding of the humor and passion in French history from these new, original essays by well-established scholars. This collection also relates the individuals, events, and controversies to current historiographical debates. The Human Tradition in Modern France is an excellent supplementary text for courses on French history and is also useful for courses in world history and Western Civilization.

Author : Michael Bess
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226044170
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Light-Green Society written by Michael Bess and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2003-11-15 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The accelerating interpenetration of nature and culture is the hallmark of the new "light-green" social order that has emerged in postwar France, argues Michael Bess in this penetrating new history. On one hand, a preoccupation with natural qualities and equilibrium has increasingly infused France's economic and cultural life. On the other, human activities have laid an ever more potent and pervasive touch on the environment, whether through the intrusion of agriculture, industry, and urban growth, or through the much subtler and more well-intentioned efforts of ecological management. The Light-Green Society limns sharply these trends over the last fifty years. The rise of environmentalism in the 1960s stemmed from a fervent desire to "save" wild nature-nature conceived as a qualitatively distinct domain, wholly separate from human designs and endeavors. And yet, Bess shows, after forty years of environmentalist agitation, much of it remarkably successful in achieving its aims, the old conception of nature as a "separate sphere" has become largely untenable. In the light-green society, where ecology and technological modernity continually flow together, a new hybrid vision of intermingled nature-culture has increasingly taken its place.

Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000806847
Total Pages : 6586 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Library Editions: Political Protest written by Various Authors and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-30 with total page 6586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 26-volume set is a wide-ranging, time- and subject-spanning examination of the phenomenon of political protest. What drives people to take to the streets, and how do their governments respond? These questions and many more are analysed in areas as varied as sixteenth-century German peasant uprisings, revolutionary Russians at the Paris Commune, women protesting nuclear weapons at Greenham Common, and the role Christianity played in protests across the ages. An impressive reference resource, this set also looks at the policing of protests and official responses to them.

Author : Sten Rynning
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313075611
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Changing Military Doctrine written by Sten Rynning and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-10-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Rynning shows, armed forces have a natural interest in shaping military doctrine according to their resources, doctrinal traditions, as well as their assessment of the international environment. However, armed forces are also the instrument of policy-makers who are in charge of national security. Using civil-military relations in France from 1958 to the present as a case study, he shows when policy-makers are capable of controlling military doctrine as well as the means armed forces rely on to influence doctrine. Some scholars argue that policy-makers can control military doctrine only when the international environment is threatening--a situation granting them added decision-making authority. Others argue that such control ultimately depends on the degree of domestic political disagreement/consensus. With access to most of the leading military personnel and policy-makers of the era, Rynning provides an analysis that will be instructive to scholars as well as policy-makers and military leaders concerned with contemporary civil-military relations.