FREN 6710
Emmanuel Macron's France
Following the 2017 presidential election victory of Emmanuel Macron, one of the youngest political leaders in the democratic world, we will undertake a retrospective on this surprising event for France.
What are the political, cultural and social reasons for this unpredictable victory?
What are the constituting elements of "Macronism": a new type of leadership? a new way of governing? a new type of political organization?
What are the elements of continuity and change, as far as the Fifth Republic is concerned, to understand this political novelty?
Required texts:
- Pascal PERRINEAU, Le Vote disruptif, Les élections présidentielle et législatives d'avril-mai-juin 2017, Paris, Presses de Sciences Po, 2017, ISBN-13: 978-2724621655
- Philippe RAYNAUD, Emmanuel Macron, une Révolution bien tempérée, Paris, Desclée de Brouwer, 2018, ISBN-13: 978-2220094274
What are the political, cultural and social reasons for this unpredictable victory?
What are the constituting elements of "Macronism": a new type of leadership? a new way of governing? a new type of political organization?
What are the elements of continuity and change, as far as the Fifth Republic is concerned, to understand this political novelty?
Required texts:
- Pascal PERRINEAU, Le Vote disruptif, Les élections présidentielle et législatives d'avril-mai-juin 2017, Paris, Presses de Sciences Po, 2017, ISBN-13: 978-2724621655
- Philippe RAYNAUD, Emmanuel Macron, une Révolution bien tempérée, Paris, Desclée de Brouwer, 2018, ISBN-13: 978-2220094274
- Subject:
- French
- Department:
- French
- Division:
- Language School
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Civ Cul & Soc