The 2012 French Election

TECHNICAL NOTEINTRODUCTION by Pascal PerrineauPART 1: Perceptions of the CampaignChapter 1: Pre-determined Issues in the 2012 Presidential election byGilles FinchelsteinChapter 2: The Candidates: Crystallized Images by Daniel Boy, Jean ChicheChapter 3: Information Gathering and Campaign Following among Voters: The Paradox of Electoral Campaigns by Thierry VedelPART 2: Voter Mobility and Mobilization
Chapter 4: Electoral Turnout: Mobilization in all its Diversity by Anne MuxelChapter 5: Fluctuations on the Left by Flora Chanvril, Henry ReyChapter 6: Shifts in Voting Decisions on the Right: From a Centripetal Victory to a Centrifugal Defeat by Bruno Cautrès, Sylvie StrudelChapter 7: Fluctuations between the Left and the Right: Expressions of Protest that Benefitted François Hollande by Anne MuxelChapter 8: Fluctuations at the Center: a Short-lived and Fragile Breakthrough for François Bayrou by Pierre BréchonPART 3: Making a Voting ChoiceChapter 9: The Moment of Electoral Choiceby Pascal Perrineau, Brice TeinturierChapter 10: The Impact of Issues on Electoral Choice by Dominique ReyniéChapter 11: Narrowing the Gap in the Second Round or the 'Referenda' of the 6th of May 2012 by Jérôme JaffréPART 4: Expectations of the Incoming President
Chapter 12: Expectations of the New President by Mariette Sineau, Bruno CautrèsChapter 13: A Review of the First Hundred Days: a 'Normal' presidency at a Time of Unprecedented Crisis by Jérôme FourquetCONCLUSION by Pascal PerrineauBIBLIOGRAPHY

Pascal Perrineau is Distinguished Professor at Sciences Po Paris, France, and has advised numerous media and scientific projects. His research focuses mainly on electoral sociology, the extreme right in France and in Europe, and the new socio-political cleavages at work in European societies. He is the author of many works, including Le Vote normal (2012) and, with Dominique Reynié, Le Dictionnaire du vote (2001).