COURSE   EURO   200
‘France,   Germany   and   Modern   Europe’
RECOMMENDED   READING
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The   following   is   required   background   reading   relevant   to   the   course   as   a   whole,   which   can   be   studied   for   the   purposes   of   presentations   and   essays   –   as   well   as   for   revision.
DAVIES,   N.
(1996)   Europe:   A   History ,   Oxford:   OUP   pp.1080
‐ 1087   –   it   is   recommended   that   you   read   the   whole   of   Chapter   XII   ‘Europe   divided   and   undivided’   for   a   unique   and   fascinating   overview   of   the   history   of   post ‐ war
Europe.
STEVENS,   A.
(2000)   ‘Ever ‐ Closer   Union:   European   Co ‐ operation   and   the
European   Dimension’   in   SACKWA,   R.
&   STEVENS,   A.
(eds.)   Contemporary
Europe ,   London:   Macmillan   pp.137
‐ 160.
CRAWSHAW,   R.
&   FOX,   S.
(1997)   ‘European   Business   Environments   –   Series
Editors’   Introduction’   in   CRAWSHAW,   R.
(ed.)   European   Business
Environments:   France ,   London:   Thomson   International   pp.
xiv ‐ xvii.
CRAWSHAW,   R.
&   SPIESER,   P.
(1997)   ‘The   cultural   and   economic   context’   in
CRAWSHAW,   R.
(ed.)   The   European   Business   Environment:   France,   London:
Thomson   International   pp.1
‐ 30.
CRAWSHAW,   R.
(1997)   ‘Speculation   and   prognosis:   the   outlook   for   the
French   Business   Environment’   in   CRAWSHAW,   R.
(ed)   The   European   Business
Environment:   France ,   London:   Thomson   International   pp.181
‐ 192.
QUERMONNE,   J ‐ L.
(2001)   ‘France   and   Europe’   in   France   A ‐ Z   www.ambafrance
‐ uk.org
REEVES,   N.
(1997)   ‘The   German   Business   Environment’   in   REEVES,   N.
&
KELLY ‐ HOLMES,   H.
(edS.)   The   European   Business   Environment:   Germany ,
London:   Thomson   International   pp.
xiv ‐ xviii.

REEVES,   N.
(1997)   ‘”Modell   Deutschland”:   A   model   for   the   future   or   a   model   of   the   past?’   in   REEVES,   N.
&   KELLY ‐ HOLMES,   H.
(eds.)   The   European
Business   Environment:   Germany ,   London:   Thomson   International   pp.212
‐ 231.
ULRICH,   V.
(1997)   ‘The   macro ‐ economy   :   background   and   issues’   in   REEVES,
N.
&   KELLY ‐ HOLMES,   H.
(eds.)   The   European   Business   Environment:
Germany,   London:   Thomson   International   pp.
1 ‐ 31.
The   following   are   recommended   for   general   interest   as   the   original   texts   of   European
Treaties.
They   can   be   used   for   consultation   purposes,   reference   and   quotation   and   can   be   accessed   as   required   from   Short   Loan:
(1987)   Treaties   establishing   the   European   Communities ,   Luxembourg:   Office   for   the   Official   Publications   of   the   European   Communities.
Lib.
Ref.
QZ1.
–   includes   the   complete   texts   of   all   the   EC   treaties   up   to   and   including   the
Single   European   Act   of   1987.
(1992)   The   Treaty   on   European   Union   (Maastricht)   –   complete   text.
Lib.Ref.
QZ1.F92.
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(1997)   The   Treaty   of   Amsterdam   –   of   particular   interest   are   PARTS   TWO   and
THREE   which   deal   with   such   issues   as   citizenship,   free   movement   of   goods,   services,   persons   and   capital,   right   of   residence,   transport,   economic   policy,   the   environment,   education,   culture   etc.
–   obviously   not   to   be   read   cover   to   cover,   but   these   texts   remain   the   legal   points   of   reference,   pending   the   approval   of   a   European   Constitution.
Some   Key   Websites   http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid=1090,1137397&_dad=portal
&_schema=PORTAL
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Can   be   downloaded   if   you   have   Adobe   Acrobat   –   worth   doing   for   coursework   purposes.
Contains   completely   up   to   date   information   on   all   aspects   of   the   European
Economy.
Useful   to   track   trends   and   illustrate   points.
http://www.ambafrance
‐ uk.org/asp/service.asp?SERVID=100&LNG=en&PAGID=103   …
Note   the   valuable   summary   of   the   French   position   on   Europe   at   the   above   site…   but   there   is   also   a   wealth   of   information   on   France   under   the   heading   ‘France   A ‐ Z’    from   which   the   above   address   is   taken.
http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp
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Essential   data   on   all   aspects   of   French   life   –   the   authoritative   source   of   core   information   on   France.
http://www.destatis.de/basis/e/vgr/vgrgraf1.htm
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An   example   from   the   Federal   Statistics   Office   of   the   German   Federal   Republic.
Again,   an   invaluable   source   of   information.
Required   Reading :
ARDAGH,   J.
(1999)   France   in   the   New   Century:   Portrait   of   a   Changing   Society ,
London:   Viking    pp.383
‐ 413.
DEMOSSIER,   M.
(2003)  ʹ Rural   France   in   Europe:   new   challenges ʹ ,   in   Modern   and   Contemporary   France ,   11:3   pp.265
‐ 278
Further   Reading :
CLEARY,   M.C.
(1989)   Peasants,   Politicians   and   Producers:   The   Organisation   of
Agriculture   in   France   since   1918,   Cambridge:   CUP   –   in   particular   Chapter   5,   which   covers   the   1980s.
COLEMAN   W.D.
&   CHIASSON,   C.
(2002)  ʹ State   power,   transformative   capacity   and   adapting   to   globalisation:   an   analysis   of   French   agricultural   policy,   1960 ‐ 2000’   in   Journal   of   European   Public   Policy ,   9:2    pp.168
‐ 185.
KEELER,   J.T.S,   (1987)   The   Politics   of   Neo ‐ corporatism   in   France:   Farmers,   the   State   and   Agricultural   Policy ‐ Making   in   the   Fifth   Republic ,   Oxford:   Oxford   University
Press  ‐  the   introduction   and   chapter   8   cover   the   1980s.
Modern   and   Contemporary   France   11:3   (2003)   Special   Issue   on   Agriculture   in
France  ‐  Contains   several   useful   articles.
MONTPETIT,   E.
(2000)   ‘Europeanization   and   domestic   politics:   Europe   and   the   development   of   a   French   environmental   policy   for   the   agricultural   sector ʹ ,
Journal   of   European   Public   Policy   7:4    pp.
576 ‐ 592
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TRACY,   M.
ed.
(1991)   Farmers   and   Politics   in   France   Arkelton,   1991  ‐
Translations   of   essays   by   French   scholars   who   published   an   important   conference   proceedings   in   1987   entitled   Les   Agriculteurs   et   La   Politique
Contemporary   Sources   in   French
LE   DIASCORN,   Y.
(1998)   L ʹ Agriculture   en   France ,   Paris   :   Ellipses

DE   GASQUET,   O.
(2002)   Comprendre   notre   agriculture   et   la   PAC ,   Paris   :   Vuibert
Websites   www.agrisalon.com
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www.agriculture.gouv.fr
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Required   reading
CRAWSHAW,   R.
&    SPIESER,   P.
(1997)   ‘The   Cultural   and   Economic
Context’   in   R.Crawshaw
(ed.)   The   European   Business   Environment:   France ,
London:   Thomson   International,   pp.1
‐ 30;    and:   ‘Speculation   and   prognosis:   the   outlook   for   the   French   business   environment’   ibid.
,   pp.
181 ‐ 192.
NECTOUX,   F.
(2001)   ‘The   French   Economy’   in   J.Forbes,   N.Hewlett
&
F.Nectoux
(eds.)   Contemporary   France ,   London:   Longman,   pp.117
‐ 236.
This   extended   chapter   is   an   authoritative   account   of   the   history   of   French   economy   and   society   since   1945.
It   includes   a   selection   of   extracts   of   articles   published   at   different   points   in   the   period   covered   –   in   French.
A   rich   source   of   background   information.
Available   for   reference   in   the   MLRC.
Please   do   not   remove.
Further   reading
JUDT,   A.
(2005)   ‘Europe   versus   America’   in   The   New   York   Review   of   Books ,
Vol.
LII,   no.2
,   February   10 th   2005,   pp.37
‐ 41.
–   available   for   reference   in   the
MLRC.
Please   do   not   remove.
ARDAGH,   J   (1999)   France   in   the   New   Century:   Portrait   of   a   Changing   Society ,
London:   Viking.
See   index   for   brief   sections   on   state   ownership,   nationalisation   and   privatisation.
Recommended   Reading   (in   French)

ISRAELEWICZ,   E.
(1999)   Le   Capitalisme   Zinzin ,   Paris:   Grasset.
Websites   (French   and   English)     www.ambafrance
‐ uk.org
www.indices.insee.fr
www.oecdobserver.org
www.danone.com
You   are   recommended   to   consult   sites   relating   to   individual   French   firms   for   further   information   on   their   histories   and   current   policy.
All   articles   can   be   found   in   the   box   in   the   RC.
REEVES,   N.
(1997)   ‘Modell   Deutschland’:   a   model   for   the   future   or   a   model   for   the   past?
in   N.
Reeves   &H.
Kelly ‐ Holmes   (eds)   The   European   Business
Environment:   Germany .
London:   Thomson   Business   Press.
WAGENER,   D.
(2004)   Unemployment   in   the   New   States   and   its   impact   on
East   German   women.
German   as   a   foreign   language ,   DAAD.
www.gfl
‐ journal.de/3 ‐ 2004/wagener.html
SAUNDERS,   A.
(2004)   ‘Schrecklich   leere   Gemüseläden’,   ‚nicht   wirklich
Sozialismus’   and   ‘Gemeinschaftsgefühl’:   young   east   Germans’   perception   of   the   GDR.
German   as   a   foreign   language ,   DAAD   www.gfl
‐ journal.de/3 ‐ 2004/saunders.html
SZEJNMANN,   C.C.
(2004)   German   Unification   and   the   Involuntary
Marginalization   of   East   Germans.
German   as   a   foreign   language ,   DAAD.
www.gfl
‐ journal.de/3 ‐ 2004/szejnmann.html
‘The   Irony   Curtain’   Why   Germany   isn’t   working.
The   Sunday   Times   Magazine ,
5.
December   2004,   p.
30.
Statistics   about   Germany:   http://www.destatis.de

Background:
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The   Two   Germanies   1945 ‐ 1990   (in   RC   box)
Required   reading:
COCHRANE,   A.
/   CLARKE,   J.
(eds.)   (1993)   Comparing   Welfare   States.
Britain   in   international   context.
Milton   Keynes:   Open   University,   Sage,   pp.
141 ‐ 171
ESPING ‐ ANDERSEN,   G.
(1990)   The   Three   Worlds   of   Welfare   Capitalism .
Cambridge:   Polity   Press,   pp.
9 ‐ 33
SEELEIB ‐ KAISER,   M.
(2002)   ‘The   Social   Policies   of   the   Red ‐ Green   Alliance   in
Germany’   in:   International   Journal   of   Political   Economy ,   vol.
32,   pp.14
‐ 43
Federal   Government   (Die   Bundesregierung)   (2004),   Agenda   2010,   Deutschland   bewegt   sich.
–   unofficial   translation .
Press   and   Information   Office   of   the   Federal
Government,   http://www.bundesregierung.de/Anlage609255/Agenda+2010+brochure.pdf
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Optional   reading:
GIERSCH,   H.(et   al.)   (1992)   The   Fading   Miracle.
Four   decades   of   market   economy   in
Germany .
Cambridge:   University   Press   –   economic   background
MCGINNITY,   F.
(2004)   Welfare   for   the   unemployed   in   Britain   and   Germany .
Who   benefits?
Cheltenham:   Edward   Elgar   Publishing,   pp.25
‐  53
MENSING,   F.
(2002)   ʺ Riester   pension ʺ ‐  New   provision   for   old   age   in   Germany ,
Basic   Information   and   Special   Topics,   3 ‐ 2002 ,   Goethe   Institut,   http://www.goethe.de/kug/prj/bas/ges/en27171.htm
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SCHELB,   A.
(2002)   Unemployment   insurance:   one   of   the   four   pillars   of   the   social   security   system   in   Germany.
Basic   Information   and   Special   Topics,   15 ‐ 2002 ,   Goethe
Institut,   http://www.goethe.de/kug/prj/bas/ges/en29584.htm
SCHMIDT,   M.
(1998)   ‚Sozialstaatliche   Politik   in   der   Ära   Kohl’   in:   Wewer,   G.
(ed.)   (1998)   Bilanz   der   Ära   Kohl .
pp.59
‐ 89
SEELEIB ‐ KAISER,   M.
(2002)   ‚’A   Dual   Transformation   of   the   German   Welfare
State?’   in:   West   European   Politics ,   vol.
25,   No.4,   pp.25
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VON   HOMEYER,   I.
(1998)   Die   Ära   Kohl   im   Spiegel   der   Statistik .
In:   Wewer,
G.
(ed.)   (1998)   Bilanz   der   Ära   Kohl .
pp.334
–   355   –   statistical   overview   of   the   time   of   the   Kohl   government

Websites:
European   Commission:   Employment   and   Social   affairs   http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/index_en.html
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/social_situation/docs/SSR2004
_en.pdf
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Federal   Statistical   Office   Germany   (Statistisches   Bundesamt)   http://www.destatis.de/download/d/veroe/sozi_stadt.pdf
‐  comparison   of   social   assistance   in   different   German   regions   http://www.destatis.de/presse/deutsch/pk/2003/sozialhilfe_2003i.pdf
‐  facts   about   social   assistance
Federal   Foreign   Office   (Auswärtige   Amt) ,   Facts   about   Germany:   Social   security.
http://www.tatsachen
‐ ueber ‐ deutschland.de/702.0.html
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Federal   Foreign   Office,   Facts   about   Germany:   The   Economy .
http://www.tatsachen
‐ ueber ‐ deutschland.de/553.0.html
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ADEMA,   W.,   GRAY,   D,   KAHL,   S.
(2003)   Social   assistance   in   Germany,     Labour
Market   and   Social   Policy   Occasional   papers   ‐  No.58,   (OECD)    http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/41/43/2491133.pdf
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