The 2012 French Presidential Elections The Inevitable Alternation

Was the victory of François Hollande, the Socialist challenger to Nicolas Sarkozy, inevitable in the 2012 French Presidential elections? This book argues that a combination of economic downturn, policy choices and personal unpopularity meant that the Righ

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The Inevitable Alternation Jocelyn Evans Gilles Ivaldi

10.1057/9781137011640 - The 2012 French Presidential Elections, Jocelyn Evans and Gilles Ivaldi

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The Palgrave Macmillan The 2012 French Presidential Elections

French Politics, Society and Culture General Editor: Jocelyn Evans, Professor of Politics, University of Leeds, UK.

This new series examines all aspects of French politics, society and culture. In so doing it focuses on the changing nature of the French system as well as the established patterns of political, social and cultural life. Contributors to the series are encouraged to present new and innovative arguments so that the informed reader can learn and understand more about one of the most beguiling and compelling of all European countries. Titles include: Gill Allwood and Khursheed Wadia GENDER AND POLICY IN FRANCE David S. Bell and John Gaffney (editors) THE PRESIDENTS OF THE FRENCH FIFTH REPUBLIC Sylvain Brouard, Andrew M. Appleton and Amy G. Mazur (editors) THE FRENCH FIFTH REPUBLIC AT FIFTY Beyond Stereotypes June Burnham POLITICIANS, BUREAUCRATS AND LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS Lessons from Regional Planning in France Tony Chafer and Emmanuel Godin (editors) THE END OF THE FRENCH EXCEPTION? Decline and Revival of the ‘French Model’ Jean K. Chalaby THE DE GAULLE PRESIDENCY AND THE MEDIA Statism and Public Communications Pepper D. Culpepper, Bruno Palier and Peter A. Hall (editors) CHANGING FRANCE The Politics that Markets Make Gordon D. Cumming FRENCH NGOs IN THE GLOBAL ERA France’s International Development Role David Drake FRENCH INTELLECTUALS AND POLITICS FROM THE DREYFUS AFFAIR TO THE OCCUPATION David Drake INTELLECTUALS AND POLITICS IN POST-WAR FRANCE Jocelyn Evans and Gilles Ivaldi THE 2012 FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS The Inevitable Alternation John Gaffney POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN FRANCE From Charles de Gaulle to Nicolas Sarkozy Graeme Hayes ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEST AND THE STATE IN FRANCE

10.1057/9781137011640 - The 2012 French Presidential Elections, Jocelyn Evans and Gilles Ivaldi

Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to University of Sydney - PalgraveConnect - 2014-02-01

France has always fascinated outside observers. Now, the country is undergoing a period of profound transformation. France is faced with a rapidly changing international and European environment and it is having to rethink some of its most basic social, political and economic orthodoxies. As elsewhere, there is pressure to conform. And yet,