Malcolm Crook

How the French Learned to Vote

A History of Electoral Practice in France

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a comprehensive history of voting in France, which offers original insights into all aspects of electoral activity that today involve most adults across the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780192894786
• ISBN-10: 0192894781
• Artikelnr.: 60748725

Autorenporträt

Malcolm Crook is Emeritus Professor of French History at Keele University, where he spent his academic career. A specialist in the French Revolution and Napoleon, he moved on to explore the history of voting in France, a subject on which he has written numerous articles and essays, including several comparative studies. He has published a good deal in French as well as English, and he was editor of the journal French History from 2002-2010.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Why France
1: One man, one vote? The long march towards universal male suffrage
2: Why did women have to wait? A stubbornly resisted female franchise
3: The voters' choice? The question of candidatures
4: A matter of persuasion? Campaigning and corruption
5: Open secrets? From public to private polling
6: Getting out the vote? Electoral mobilization
7: Voting as a subversive activity? The ballot paper as protest
8: Gone fishing? Non-voting and the problem of abstention
Conclusion: Unfinished business