Political representation in France /
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| Author / Creator: | Converse, Philip E., 1928- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1986. |
| Description: | xiii, 996 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/759048 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- I. The French Voter
- 1. The Framework of French Politics
- 2. French Voters and Their Party System
- 3. Party Loyalties in France
- 4. La Gauche et la Droite
- 5. Class, Religion, and Gaullism
- II. Choosing a Representative
- 6. The Candidates
- 7. Policy Attitudes of Mass and Elite
- 8. Candidate Visibility
- 9. Issues, Parties, and Candidates
- 10. The First-Ballot Vote
- 11. The Second Ballot: Electoral Participation
- 12. The Second Ballot: The Flow of the Vote
- 13. The Second Ballot: Candidate Behavior and Electoral Response
- III. The System in Crisis
- 14. Revolt and Reaction: The Upheaval of May 1968 and the June Elections
- 15. Elite Reactions to the May-June Events
- IV. The Representation System
- 16. Theories and Models of Representation
- 17. The Deputies in the National Assembly
- 18. The Basic Representation Bond
- 19. Winners, Losers, and Their Constituencies
- 20. Elite Knowledge of Constituency Sentiment
- 21. Conceptions of the Representative Role
- 22. The Composite Representation Process
- 23. Conditional Variations in Representation
- 24. The Nature of Representation in France
- Appendices
- A. Design and Implementation of the Mass Interviewing
- B. The Structure of the Elite Sample
- C. Correction of Correlations for Small-Sample Attenuation
- D. Questionnaires
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index