Partisan Dealignment and the Blue-Collar Electorate in France
This book explores partisan dealignment in France between 1978 and 2012, with a particular focus on the blue-collar electorate and its relationship with the political parties of the established left (the Socialist Party, or Parti socialiste , and the Communist Party, or Parti communiste français ). It highlights the distinctiveness of blue-collar partisanship in a context of significant political, social and economic change and compares it with patterns of partisanship in the wider electorate. The voter-party relationship is self-evidently a bilateral one which can be modified both on the demand side, because voters change, and on the supply side, because parties change. Four factors are identified as playing a key role in partisan dealignment: value change, policy convergence, political sophistication and political trust. There is compelling evidence that while each of these makes a contribution, it is changes in the behaviour of the parties that are driving partisan dealignment among blue-collar workers in France.
| Autor: | Marthaler, Sally |
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| ISBN: | 9783030354671 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 234 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Veröffentlicht: | 30.01.2021 |
| Schlagworte: | French politics blue-collar electorate blue-collar partisanship blue-collar voters dealignment partisanship policy convergence political parties voter behaviour young voters |
Sally Marthaler is a former lecturer and researcher in politics and contemporary European studies at the University of Sussex, UK. She has published articles in journals including French Politics , West European Politics, and French Politics, Culture & Society , as well as chapters on French politics in books on the European Union.