Revolution Revisited: Emmanuel Macron and the Limits of Political Change in France

Susan Collard is Senior Lecturer in French Politics and Contemporary European Studies at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex, UK.

1. Introduction: How Disruptive can a French President Be? 2. Emmanuel Macron: The Paradoxes of a Disruptive Presidency 3. Democracy under the Macron Presidency: From Crisis of Representation to Crisis of Régime? 4. Political Corruption in France and the ‘Moralisation of Public Life’ Under Emmanuel Macron 5. Political Parties After the 2017 Earthquake 6. Macron, the Media and Political Communication 7. Towards a ‘Sovereign Europe’? Macron’s European Policy Between Conceptual Fireworks and National Interests 8. Macron and the Economy: A Labour Market Perspective 9. Emmanuel Macron’s Reform of the Higher Civil Service: Transforming the ‘State Nobility’ into ‘Can-Do Managers’? 10. Education under Emmanuel Macron: Some Market-Inspired Change and Much Continuity 11. A Paler Shade of Green: Emmanuel Macron’s Policies on the Environment and Climate Change 12. Protest and Repression During Emmanuel Macron’s Presidency 13. Macron’s Africa Policy: Promises, Practices and Path Dependencies 14. Macron’s New Beginning: Coming to Terms with the Colonial Past through Restitution, Recognition and Empathy 15. Recognition and Surveillance: Emmanuel Macron’s Religious Policy