Changing France

France has long been seen as a country resistant to economic liberalization, clinging to its distinctive model of state-led capitalism. This volume challenges that conventional wisdom, showing how market pressures have profoundly transformed French politics and policy over the past two decades.

The contributors examine changes across multiple domains—from labor markets and social policy to corporate governance and financial regulation—revealing a France that has adapted more than is commonly recognized, though in distinctly French ways.

The result is a nuanced portrait of a country navigating the tensions between global economic pressures and national political traditions.