French Politics

期刊简介：In recent times, the study of France has been changing. Globalisation, Europeanisation, and interdependence have meant that it is less easy to see developments in contemporary France in a purely national context. External factors have intruded on the French political system. In the academic context the trend towards large-scale collaboration in comparative projects has meant an increasing opportunity for bringing France into the mainstream of academic research. Long considered to be an exceptional case, recent scholarship in political science has tended to emphasize the points of comparison between France and other polities. In short, the context of French politics is changing and the study of French politics is changing.French Politics is designed to reflect these developments. It is an international, peer-reviewed journal of the highest quality that promotes the study of contemporary and comparative French politics, policy and society.In addition to the focus on France, the journal has taken the decision to publish papers on the politics of Francophone countries and regions generally. Among others, we welcome submissions on Quebec, Francophone Belgium and Switzerland, and countries in Francophone Africa. We encourage submissions that adopt a comparative perspective as well as stand-along papers on these countries and regions.'The journal focuses on the role of political institutions, political behaviour, public policy, political economy, international relations, public administration and public law. It particularly encourages and welcomes submissions that seek to incorporate the French and Francophone cases into more broad comparative and cross-national analyses, and that use these cases in theory-testing and theory building.The journal also seeks contributions from a wide variety of methodological perspectives, including institutional analysis (historical, empirical, sociological), behavioural studies (survey data and timeseries analysis), rational choice (including game theory and rational choice institutionalism), political theory, political sociology and post-modern approaches (cultural theory).

【译文】近年来，对法国的研究正在发生变化。全球化、欧洲化和相互依存意味着在纯粹的国家背景下观察当代法国的发展变得更加困难。外部因素已经侵入法国政治体系。在学术背景下，大规模比较项目合作的趋势意味着将法国纳入学术研究主流的机会越来越多。长期以来被认为是例外情况，最近的政治科学研究表明，倾向于强调法国与其他政治体系之间的比较点。简而言之，法国政治的背景正在变化，对法国政治的研究也在变化。《法国政治》旨在反映这些发展。它是一本国际性的、高质量的同行评审期刊，旨在促进对当代和比较法国政治、政策和社会的学习。除了关注法国，该期刊还决定出版关于法语国家和地区政治的论文。其中包括魁北克、法语比利时和瑞士以及法语非洲国家。我们欢迎采用比较视角以及关于这些国家和地区独立论文的投稿。