The 2012 French Presidential Elections

The Inevitable Alternation
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-01163-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 3943 g

Reihe: French Politics, Society and Culture

Was the victory of François Hollande, the Socialist challenger to Nicolas Sarkozy, inevitable in the 2012 French Presidential elections? This book argues that a combination of economic downturn, policy choices and personal unpopularity meant that the Right-wing incumbent faced an almost impossible task in holding onto power for another five years.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Evans, J.

Ivaldi, G.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Knowns and unknowns: identifying the critical spaces of the 2012 elections 3. Party cooperation and conflict: actors' competitive positioning 4. Candidate selection processes and effects 5. Issues, policy debates and candidate valence 6. Campaign events 7. Polls and VP-functions: forecasting the elections 8. The legislative elections of June 2012 9. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Jocelyn Evans is Professor of Politics at the University of Leeds, UK. He has published widely in the fields of French politics, European voting behaviour and the Extreme Right.

Gilles Ivaldi is a Researcher in Political Science with the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) at the university of Nice, France. His main fields of research include French politics and the study of radical right parties in France and Europe.