Nous interrogeons les modalités de recrutement des candidat.e.s aux élections municipales en mettant l’accent sur le cas du Front national (FN) en 2014. La présence de nombreux individus avec les mêmes patronymes au sein des listes du FN semble indiquer un recours massif aux réseaux familiaux des candidat.e.s afin de les compléter. Nous expliquons ...
Il s'agira, à travers l'analyse d'un nombre de cas tirés de l'actualité politique en France et en Italie, de mettre en évidence les techniques narratives employées dans le discours politique des partis dits « populistes » (le Rassemblement National, la Ligue, le Mouvement 5 étoiles). Nous souhaitons surtout souligner la capacité des politiciens « p...
A lot has happened in France since the book was published. Reflecting on recent changes in French politics, I will examine in this presentation the impact that the electoral success of the Front National has had on the party system and how mainstream actors –predominantly on the right of the political spectrum– have adapted gradually to the challen...
Cet article propose, via une approche multi-échelle et multiméthode, d’explorer l’idée d’un électorat frontiste géographiquement dual. Cette dualité ne renvoie pas seulement à des caractéristiques sociologiques différentes dans les départements septentrionaux et méditerranéens mais à des espaces périurbains favorables au Front national (FN) ayant d...
This article aims to develop a conceptual framework to address the economic dimension of right-wing populism. Moving beyond classic left-right economics and the divide between economic and cultural approaches, it argues that the political economy of right-wing populists is intertwined with cultural values in the construction of the ‘true’ people as...
Published in Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik
Nach einer langen Zeit enger Verbindungen zwischen dem Front National - heute Rassemblement National – und den katholischen Traditionalisten versucht die Partei heute, sich aus politisch-strategischen Gründen als beste Verfechterin der Laizität, also einer scharfen Trennung von Staat und Religion, zu profilieren. Damit will man den Islam mit einer ...
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This article examines the performance and party system diffusion of Euroscepticism of the French Front National (FN) during recent European crises. The article argues that Europe’s successive crises since 2008 have been essentially ‘absorbed’ by the FN into its existing Eurosceptic framework which is guided by its radical right-wing ideology. While...
After providing a quick summary of the long history of the French radical right, from the reaction to the revolution of 1789 to the creation of the Front National in 1972, this chapter focuses on the changes brought about by Marine Le Pen since she took over her father’s party in 2011. Her “de-demonization” strategy has indeed improved the image of...
After providing a quick summary of the long history of the French radical right, from the reaction to the revolution of 1789 to the creation of the Front National in 1972, this chapter focuses on the changes brought about by Marine Le Pen since she took over her father’s party in 2011. Her “de-demonization” strategy has indeed improved the image of...
