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Is this crisis of French socialism different? Hollande, the rise of Macron, and the reconfiguration of the left in the 2017 presidential and parliamentary elections

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Clift, Ben and McDaniel, Sean (2017) Is this crisis of French socialism different? Hollande, the rise of Macron, and the reconfiguration of the left in the 2017 presidential and parliamentary elections. Modern & Contemporary France, 25 (4). pp. 403-415. doi:10.1080/09639489.2017.1375649 ISSN 0963-9489.

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Abstract

With the extraordinary rise of Emmanuel Macron and the near complete collapse of the Parti Socialiste (PS), the past year has seen arguably the most dramatic upheaval in the French party system since 1958. This article develops a political economy analysis of the Hollande quinquennat to better understand how we arrived here. It argues that Hollande’s programmatic failures must be situated within an institutional account of the constraints of the presidential logic of the Fifth Republic and tensions between competing factional courants within the Socialist Party. Here we shed fresh light on this moment of rupture by situating a political economy analysis of Hollande’s economic programme within a more intricate institutional analysis of the specificities of the PS and its position within the Fifth Republic. The article traces the most salient political developments of the 2017 elections and outlines the political landscape of the contemporary French left. These factors explain why, after numerous crises of French socialism, this time is different.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DC France
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): France -- Politics and government -- 2012- , Parti socialiste France, Hollande, François, Macron, Emmanuel, 1977-
Journal or Publication Title: Modern & Contemporary France
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 0963-9489
Official Date: 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
2017Published
30 October 2017Available
17 August 2017Accepted
Volume: 25
Number: 4
Page Range: pp. 403-415
DOI: 10.1080/09639489.2017.1375649
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Date of first compliant deposit: 2 November 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access: 30 April 2019

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