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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300508903321

Autore

Evans Jocelyn

Titolo

The 2017 French Presidential Elections : A Political Reformation? / / by Jocelyn Evans, Gilles Ivaldi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-68327-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 282 p. 53 illus.)

Collana

French Politics, Society and Culture, , 2946-3769

Disciplina

320.944

Soggetti

Europe—Politics and government

Elections

Political leadership

World politics

European Politics

Electoral Politics

Political Leadership

Political History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The 2017 presidential election: continuity and change -- Chapter 3 The presidential primaries and polarization of mainstream party politics -- Chapter 4 Party strategy and cooperation -- Chapter 5 Campaign events and political change -- Chapter 6 Forecasting and polling -- Chapter 7 Parties and voters in the policy space of the first round -- Chapter 8 Challenges to the blocked polity in the ballottage -- Chapter 9 The 2017 Legislative elections: manufacturing a majority -- Chapter 10 Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the 2017 presidential elections represents one of the most important disruptions to French political life since the establishment of the Fifth Republic. This book analyses the political opportunities enabling a neophyte to conquer the Elysée, and the conditions leading to the unprecedented presidential runoff between this centrist EU enthusiast and pro-globalization candidate



and the nationalistic/populist alternative embodied by Marine Le Pen. The book begins by considering trends in party competition and presidentialism in modern France, notably presidential primaries and their impact on party competition. It then moves to considering the role traditional explanatory factors in elections, namely policies and voter profiles, played in the result. Finally, it examines the dynamics of President Macron’s success in the legislatives, and how he dominated the traditional party blocs. This book will appeal to students of French politics as well as those interested in electoral behaviour and European political systems.