Fixing France

'[A] highly readable … blazing indictment of modern France … Ramdani’s criticism is heartfelt and justified.'

-- The Sunday Times

‘A vigorous jeremiad that makes many sound arguments about the often sclerotic nature of French society and the marginalisation many people of immigrant descent, like her, experience... A persuasive case.’

-- The Irish Times

‘Ramdani writes with urgency and verve. … Fixing France is a sharp polemic—necessary, revelatory, mostly fair, always driving to the point.’

-- Los Angeles Review of Books

‘Excellent, well-researched, and cogently argued… . Nabila Ramdani cuts through the self-congratulatory myths of French politics to deliver a damning picture of France under Macron.’

-- Jacobin

‘The author’s insights into France’s failings are penetrating… [She offers] sharp observations about how France’s enduring commitment to republican values provides a licence for many to pursue a divisive and neocolonial agenda behind the rhetoric of constitutional equality.’

-- Labour Hub

''Fixing France' reads a lot like 'The People’s History of the United States', the national bestseller by historian Howard Zinn that presented the history of the United States from the perspective of the working classes and sidelined sectors of society.'

-- The Connexion

‘Fixing France is … certain to ruffle Gallic feathers, and likely many of those enamored with everything French.’

-- The Diplomatic Courier

‘A valuable overview of the problems facing France… . [The book] constitutes a strong addition to scholarship on the fault lines dividing contemporary France.’

-- Australian Institute of International Affairs