Title: How France votes /
Authors: Lewis-Beck, Michael S.
Publisher: Chatham House Publishers, Seven Bridges Press, LLC,
Year: 2000
Subjects: France. Elections, 1997.; Presidents France Election; France Politics and government; France Politics and government
Abstract: "How France Votes takes as context the presidential election of 1995, which saw the triumph of Gaullist Jacques Chirac, and the legislative elections of 1997, which saw Chirac's political defeat and the emergence of Socialist Lionel Jospin as the prime minister. How did this reversal happen, and why? Examining the campaign issues and party strategies, the enduring sociology of the French electorate, and the consequences of Fifth Republic constitutional rules and institutions, How France Votes assures that readers finding themselves in a Paris cafe might expect to hold their own in a political debate over not only the latest French election, but also the next one to come."--Jacket.
Contents: The enduring French voter / Michael S. Lewis-Beck -- The socialists, Jospin, and the Mitterand legacy / William Safran -- The electoral campaign / Bruno Cautres -- The National Front and the legislative elections / Martin A. Schain -- Europe becomes French domestic politics / George Ross -- Why did the right lose? / Gerard 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 / Daniel Boy and Nonna Mayer -- The myth of neo-conservatism / 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 Collette Ysmal.