Figures Tables Notes on the Contributors Introduction: The Politics of Social Change in France; P.A.Hall PART ONE Capitalism, Coordination, and Economic Change: The French Political Economy since 1985; P.D.Culpepper New Patterns of Industrial Relations and Political Action since the 1980s; M.Lallement The Transformation of Corporate Governance in France; M.Goyer PART TWO The Long Good Bye to Bismarck? Changes in the French Welfare State; B.Palier Different Nation, Same Nationhood: The Challenges of Immigrant Policy; V.Guiraudon Social Generations, Life Changes and Welfare Regime Sustainability; L.Chauvel PART THREE The Government of the European Union and a Changing France; A.Smith The Ongoing March of Decentralization within the Post Jacobin State; P.Le Galès PART FOUR The French Party System and the Crisis of Representation; G.Grunberg Convergence, Fragmentation and Majority-Cycling in French Opinion; R.Balme