Investigating Forty Years of French Politics Through Value Changes / / edited by Céline Belot, Pierre Bréchon, Frédéric Gonthier

• Autore: Belot Céline
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2024.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 pages)
• Disciplina: 320.94409045
• Soggetto topico: Europe - History; Social history; Civilization - History; Europe - Politics and government; European History; Social History; Cultural History; European Politics
• Altri autori: BréchonPierre Gonthierédéric
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Editor's note -- Investigating forty years of French politics through the prism of value change -- Abstract -- How values influence politics and how the European values study can help make sense of this influence -- Surveying and analyzing values in France -- Toward a new research agenda for values in French politics -- References -- Individualisation rising and individualism declining in France: How can this be explained? -- Abstract -- Individualisation and individualism: opposing evolutions -- Measuring individualisation -- Measuring individualism -- Evolution of individualisation and individualism -- What is the socio-demographic profile of individualised and individualistic people? -- Individualised and individualistic people: what are their family values and gender role viewpoints? -- Individualised and individualistic people: their sense of duty and security values -- Individualised and individualistic people: what about sociability? -- What is the political profile of individualised and individualistic people? -- The most explanatory individualisation and individualism variables -- Conclusions -- References -- How France participates? The impact of generational renewal on political participation (1981-2018) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- A normalization of protest -- The de-centering of voting -- The changing participation repertoire -- Conclusion and discussion -- References -- What goes with what and for whom? How political sophistication shapes the structuring of economic and cultural beliefs -- Abstract -- Introduction -- How political sophistication shapes belief systems -- Attitude consistency among the mass public -- Attitude consistency and political sophistication -- Attitude consistency and the left-right opposition -- Research design -- Research question and hypotheses -- Variables and methodology. ; Results -- The structuring of economic and cultural attitudes in France -- Political interest increases attitude consistency -- Political interest increases ideological gaps, except for immigration issues -- Conclusion and discussion -- References -- Notions of democracy in France: uncovering causes and consequences -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Conceptual overview -- Data, methods, cases and research assumptions -- Empirical findings -- Comparative overview -- Dimensions of notions of democracy -- Origins of notions of democracy -- Correlates of notions of democracy -- Diffuse political support: importance and evaluation of democracy -- Specific political support: political trust -- Political participation -- Conclusion -- References -- Disentangling varieties of French nationalism, why does it matter? -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Lay representations of French national identity: What do we know? -- From a contested to a consensual nationalism? Changes in French national pride (1981-2018) -- Towards a typology of the varieties of French nationalism -- Relationships between types of nationalism and socio-demographic characteristics -- Relationships between types of nationalism and political characteristics -- Is nationalism linked to social attitudes and policy preferences? -- Explaining attitudes towards immigrants by varieties of nationalism -- Explaining attitudes towards solidarity and welfare policies by varieties of nationalism -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Catholics, Muslims and the "nones": old and new cultural and political divides -- Abstract -- Religion and political attitudes in France: our knowledge and their limits -- Political attitudes, religious affiliation and cultural scales: data and indicators -- Testing possible interpretations -- Social composition -- Economic and moral attitudes. ; Conclusion and perspectives -- References -- Ni gauche ni droite? Positioning the candidates in the 2017 French presidential election -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Using the Boussole Présidentielle VAA to estimate party positions -- Information about political actors' policy stances in VAAs -- Data -- Method -- Scaling procedure -- Approach for interpreting the dimensionality -- Calibrating the data input -- Empirical analysis -- Calibrating the data using topic weights -- Interpreting the policy space -- Positioning the presidential candidates -- Conclusion -- References -- Correction to: Ni gauche ni droite? Positioning the candidates in the 2017 French presidential election -- Correction to: Fr Polit https:​doi.​org​10.​1057​s41253-​018-0059-8 -- References -- Out of the French closet: the political participation of gays and lesbians in France into perspective -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The history and politics of the French gay and lesbian movement -- A body of research concentrated on movements' history -- The transformation of the homosexual movement: going beyond the AIDS crisis moment -- Lesbians and other queers: going beyond the homosexual movement -- What about gays and lesbians as individuals? -- LGBT engagement processes: what are the effects of "tolerance" and formal equality? -- Establishing, discussing, and explaining the "sexuality gap" in France and European countries -- Conclusion and further questions -- References -- Portraits of France and the French: a review of three weighty contributions -- Introduction -- Strong claims, new knowledge and thought-provoking reflections -- The 2017 elections: watershed or Damp Squib? -- Multiple and compounded challenges to French 'republicanism' -- Gender and a backlash to it -- France in the world and in Europe -- Missed opportunities, gaps and blind-spots. ; Taking more from French social science -- A significant gap: climate change and the environment -- Change: from description to evaluating and explaining -- Conclusion -- References.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book argues for an approach based on values when trying to make sense of shifts and changes that occurred in French politics during the last four decades. Values play a pivotal role in structuring political views and policy preferences. They influence citizens’ attitudes and behaviors as well as reflect long-lasting political cultures and cleavages. After presenting the data collected within the European values studies, on which the six contributions included in this book build, we explain how these contributions highlight some major French political dynamics by scrutinizing key driving forces such as the individualization process, generational replacement or ideological consistency in economic and cultural beliefs, and by re-assessing how attitudes toward democracy, religiosity and nationalism shape political attitudes. Challenging dominant narratives of value crisis, this book sets up an agenda for future research on French politics through the lens of value change. Previously published in French Politics Volume 19, issue 2-3, September 2021. Céline Belot is Researcher at the University of Grenoble, France. Pierre Bréchon is Professor at the University of Grenoble, France. Frédéric Gonthier is Professor Emeritus at the University of Grenoble, France.
• Titolo autorizzato: Investigating Forty Years of French Politics Through Value Changes
• ISBN: 3-031-46958-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910835062903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II