France's Left Turn

Mapping the 2012 Elections

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6311344
AutoresR Kuhn (0000-0001-5664-6933), R Murray (0000-0002-0765-167X), Robert K Murray (Queen Mary University of London)
Ano2013
Volume66
Fascículo1
Páginas1-16
Data de publicação2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoParliamentary Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0031-2290 • E-ISSN: 1460-2482
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/pa/gss074
OpenAlexW2124537570
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas5

In 2012 the Socialist Party (PS) presidential candidate, François Hollande, defeated the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy. The victory was convincing, though not overwhelming. Hollande thus became only the second Socialist president of the Fifth Republic after François Mitterrand. Hollande's success in the presidential contest was reinforced a few weeks later when the PS and immediate allies won an absolute majority of seats in the parliamentary election. The articles in this special issue explore many of the key aspects of both 2012 campaigns: from understanding how Sarkozy could fall so rapidly from grace to examining the extent to which the outcome symbolises a new direction for France, both domestically and internationally

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