The new voter in Western Europe : France and beyond / edited by Bruno Cautrès and Anne Muxel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cautrès, Bruno.

Muxel, Anne.

Series:

Europe in transition (New York, N.Y.)

Europe in transition: the NYU European studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voting--Europe, Western.

Voting.

Voting--France.

Elections--Europe, Western.

Elections.

Elections--France.

France.

Europe, Western--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe, Western.

Western Europe.

Politics and government.

France--Politics and government--2007-.

Physical Description:

xv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

This book presents the main results of an electoral panel survey, one not only unique and innovative in French electoral research but also among the most detailed panel studies in Europe. The survey was conducted among a sample of 1,846 French voters interviewed in four waves during the 2007 presidential and legislative elections in the context of Nicolas Sarkozy's victory. The analysis provides an understanding of how decisions on voting are made, the process of electoral decision-making, and the mechanisms used by voters to make choices, and attempts to identify the social, political, and psychological factors at play. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Process of Electoral Decision Making / Bruno Cautrès Cautrès, Bruno, Anne Muxel Muxel, Anne 11

2 Loyalties, Mobilities, Abstentions / Anne Muxel Muxel, Anne 27

3 The Plurality of Voting Possibilities / Vincent Tiberj Tiberj, Vincent, Bruno Cautrès Cautrès, Bruno 57

4 The Decisive Influence of Image / Daniel Boy Boy, Daniel, Jean Chiche Chiche, Jean 79

5 When Do Voters Choose? / Bruno Cautrès Cautrès, Bruno, Anne Jadot Jadot, Anne 101

6 Following the Campaign: Politicization, Confirmation, and Polarization / Thierry Vedel Vedel, Thierry 129

7 Electoral Agenda and Issue Voting / Nicolas Sauger Sauger, Nicolas 153

8 How Le Pen's Electorate Lost Faith in Him / Pascal Perrineau Perrineau, Pascal 171

9 The Temptation to Vote Bayrou / Sylvie Strudel Strudel, Sylvie 189

10 Review of an Electoral Campaign: From Chronicle to Political Logic / Claude Dargent Dargent, Claude, Martine Barthélemy Barthélemy, Martine 205

11 The Panel Electoral Français 2007: Methodological Issues / Viviane Le Hay Hay, Viviane Le 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230107021

0230107028

OCLC:

607977756