Electoral Performance and Policy Choices in the Front National
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6313643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Shield, James G Shields (Aston University, corresponding author), James Shields (Aston University) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 538-557 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Parliamentary Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-2290 • E-ISSN: 1460-2482 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pa/gsx041 |
| OpenAlex | W2767777316 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
This article proposes a two-level analysis of the Front National (FN) in the 2017 French presidential and parliamentary elections. The first level focuses on the electoral performances of Marine Le Pen and the FN and analyses both elections in terms of gains and losses at the polls. The second level considers FN policy and argues that the party went into these elections with a programme targeting both left- and right-leaning voters, attempting a policy synthesis that partly fitted and partly subverted Kirchheimer's paradigm of the 'catch-all' party. Both levels of analysis link to a number of strategic considerations prompting debate within the party over the direction to take in order to improve its future electoral prospects
Economics · Electoral system · Front (military · Geography · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration
Far-Right Politics in Europe
Policy, Office, or Votes?
Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties in Western Europe
Political parties and political development
The Transformation of the Western European Party Systems
Otto Kirchheimer and the catch-all party
New Alliances
From Jean-Marie to Marine Le Pen
An Integrated Theory of Party Goals and Party Change
A Behavioral Theory of Competitive Political Parties
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |