France's Left Turn

Mapping the 2012 Elections

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6311344
AutoresR Kuhn (0000-0001-5664-6933), R Murray (0000-0002-0765-167X), Robert K Murray (Queen Mary University of London)
Año2013
Volumen66
Número1
Páginas1-16
Fecha de publicación2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaParliamentary Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0031-2290 • E-ISSN: 1460-2482
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/pa/gss074
OpenAlexW2124537570
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias 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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