How France votes / edited by Michael S. Lewis-Beck.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis-Beck, Michael S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France. Parlement (1946- ). Assemblée nationale.

France--Politics and government--1981-1995.

France.

Politics and government.

Presidents--France--Elections--1995.

Presidents.

Elections.

France--Politics and government--1995-2007.

France. Parlement (1946- ). Assemblée nationale--Elections, 1997.

Physical Description:

xi, 292 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Chatham House Publishers, [2000]

Summary:

A collection of original essays by French and American experts who discuss campaign issues, party strategies, constitutional rules and institutions, and the enduring sociology of the French electorate -- all in the context of the 1995 presidential election and the 1997 legislative election.

Contents:

The enduring French voter / Michael S. Lewis-Beck

The socialists, Jospin, and the Mitterand legacy / William Safran

The electoral campaign / Bruno Cautrès

The National Front and the legislative elections of 1997 / Martin A. Schain

Europe becomes French domestic politics / George Ross

Why did the right lose? / Gérard Grunberg

The stability of the French party system: the enduring impact of the two-ballot electoral rules / Joseph A. Schlesinger and Mildred S. Schlesinger

Cleavage voting and issue voting in France / Daniel Boy and Nonna Mayer

The myth of neoconservatism / Etienne Schweisguth

The influence of political scandals on popularity and votes / Jean-Dominique Lafay and Marie Servais

The France that doesn't vote: nonconsumption in the electoral market / Andrew M. Appleton

Do the parties matter? / Kay Lawson and Colette Ysmal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [268]-283) and index.

ISBN:

1566430690

OCLC:

40473847