Download or read book Structures of Power in Modern France written by G. Raymond and published by Springer. This book was released on 1999-10-11 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, France has been viewed as host to a unique set of tensions between the centre and the periphery, dating back to the Revolution and beyond, which has shaped its structures of power and marked its evolution as a modern society. This survey provides a fresh overview of those tensions between a centralising state and the constituencies challenging it, and asks whether that model can remain viable or whether it is not, in fact, undergoing a process of profound change.