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Partisan Dealignment and the Blue-Collar Electorate in France

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Authors:
  1. Sally Marthaler

    1. School of Law, Politics and Sociology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

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  • Analyses changes in the political behaviour of blue-collar voters and in party political competition in France
  • Adopts an empirical and conceptual approach, dealing with both elements of the bilateral relationship between voters and parties
  • Employs evidence drawn from six survey datasets collected in French elections between 1978 and 2012, and data from public opinion polls, party manifestos as well as the historical record

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Sally Marthaler
    Pages 1-21

  3. The Blue-Collar Electorate and La condition ouvrière in France

    • Sally Marthaler
    Pages 23-47

  4. Blue-Collar Partisanship

    • Sally Marthaler
    Pages 49-81

  5. Policy Convergence

    • Sally Marthaler
    Pages 83-110

  6. Value Change

    • Sally Marthaler
    Pages 111-141

  7. Political Sophistication

    • Sally Marthaler
    Pages 143-170

  8. Political Trust

    • Sally Marthaler
    Pages 171-204

  9. Conclusion

    • Sally Marthaler
    Pages 205-220

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 221-234
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About this book

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. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Law, Politics and Sociology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

    Sally Marthaler

About the author

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Partisan Dealignment and the Blue-Collar Electorate in France

  • Authors: Sally Marthaler

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35465-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35464-0Published: 30 January 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35467-1Published: 30 January 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-35465-7Published: 02 January 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 234

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 55 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: French Politics, Electoral Politics, European Politics, Political Sociology

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