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The French Voter: Before and After the 2002 Elections (French Politics, Society and Culture)

By Michael S. Lewis-Beck

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0333994191, 9780333994191, 9780230523791
LCC
JN2959 .F765 2004
Open Library ID
OL10560340M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1645649 bytes)
Pages
256\266
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Why do French voters vote the way they do? In this book, leading international scholars examine this question from many different angles. Special attention is given to the 2002 national elections, when right-wing extremist Le Pen made such a spectacular showing in the presidential contest. Was the first-ballot success of Le Pen based on issues of law and order, ethnicity, nationalism or on the economy? What about the role of the traditional factors of social class, region, religion and left-right ideology? Do the peculiar electoral institutions of the Fifth Republic foster political extremism, or act as a break on it? The French Voter considers these issues both in relation to the 2002 contest and past elections.

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