{"product_id":"fixing-france-isbn-9781541703254","title":"Fixing France","description":"\u003cb\u003eA French-Algerian journalist, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eborn and brought up in a neglected Paris suburb,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e offers unique insight into crisis-ridden France from a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003every different perspective to the establishment elites\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e France, the romanticized, revolutionary land with an enlightened historical mission—Liberty, Equality, Fraternity for all—is failing its own citizens and its admirers around the world. How did the country get here, and what can be done about it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eFixing France\u003c\/i\u003e, Nabila Ramdani assesses the fault lines in her struggling nation with unflinching clarity and originality. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The makeshift Fifth Republic, which emerged from the cataclysmic Algerian War of Independence, has produced extremism. Constitutional reform is urgently needed: an all-powerful monarchical president displays little interest in democracy, while a mainstream far-right party founded by Nazi collaborators threatens to deliver a head of state. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Segregated suburbs, institutionalized rioting, economic injustice, a monolithic education system, the debasement of women, deep-seated racial and religious discrimination, paramilitary policing, terrorism, and a duplicitous foreign policy all fuel the growing crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ramdani’s critique is stark but provides real hope: the broken French Republic can and must be fixed. ","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44895417139429,"sku":"NP9781541703254","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_df32c014-7542-48b7-959c-860b1271aefb.jpg?v=1773102159","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/fixing-france-isbn-9781541703254","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}