Middlebury

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
Subject:
French
Department:
French
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:
Civ Cul & Soc

Sections in Summer 2018 Language Schools, LS 3 Week Session I

Summer 2018 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

FREN6710A-L18 Lecture (Perrineau)