Politics as Normal? The 2012 French Presidential Election

Bibliographic Data

ID6312432
AuthorsAlistair Cole (0000-0002-9222-0523, Cardiff University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume66
Issue1
Pages17-32
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueParliamentary Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-2290 • E-ISSN: 1460-2482
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/pa/gss067
OpenAlexW1999947231
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited5

This article proposes a framework based on three levels of analysis for understanding the 2012 presidential election: the institutional, the partisan and the situational. The 2012 election confirmed the bipolar institutional incentives that structure political competition in the Fifth Republic. The partisan dimension, however, was more fluid than this bipolar reading would lead one to expect. The situational dimensional was highly relevant in terms of the overarching crisis and the loss of trust in Nicolas Sarkozy. The poor quality of fit between underlying partisan choice and political representation does not augur well for a broad-based response to the crisis

Media studies · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Science Research and Education · Political Theory and Influence

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