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Product Identifiers
PublisherNew York University Press
ISBN-100814755356
ISBN-139780814755358
eBay Product ID (ePID)994695
Product Key Features
Number of Pages250 Pages
Publication NameNational Front and French Politics : the Resistible Rise of Jean-Marie Le Pen
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1996
SubjectWorld / European, International Relations / General, General, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science
AuthorJonathan Marcus
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight10.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-012259
TitleLeadingThe
SynopsisThe extreme right-wing National Front is now France's fourth largest political party. In 1986 under a proportional electoral system it won thirty-five seats in the French National Assembly; in the 1988 Presidential election the National Front's leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, obtained over fourteen percent of the popular vote. Over the past decade, it ......, The extreme right-wing National Front is now France's fourth largest political party. In 1986 under a proportional electoral system it won thirty-five seats in the French National Assembly; in the 1988 Presidential election the National Front's leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, obtained over fourteen percent of the popular vote. Over the past decade, it has won representation at virtually all levels of French politics. Le Pen's xenophobic anti-immigrant message has clearly attracted significant support in France. He has had a major influence upon the terms on which issues like immigration, nationality and racism are debated in France. Drawing on personal interviews with Le Pen and other National Front leaders, Jonathan Marcus traces the rise of Le Pen's party, and its impact on the French political scene, and in the process raises important questions about the future of French, European, and world politics. How far have the mainstream parties of both Left and Right faced up to Le Pen's challenge? Is the National Front now a permanent feature of French politics? To what degree is Le Pen a threat to French democracy? And finally, how successful will Le Pen be in pushing his agenda in the European Parliament?