Institute of French Studies Colloquium
NONNA MAYER
Senior research fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Centre d’études européennes, Sciences Po), and a professor of political science at Sciences Po; visiting professor at NYU’s Institute of French Studies. She specializes in the sociology of political behaviors, racism and anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism. She is the author of Sociologie des comportements politiques (2010), Ces Français qui votent Le Pen (1999 and 2002)
In January 2011, Marine Le Pen, the youngest of Jean-Marie Le Pen’s daughters, succeeded her father as president of the National Front. Almost immediately, several polls showed her matching or outpacing Nicolas Sarkozy before the run-off in the 2012 presidential elections. Analysts have wondered about her ability to refresh the image of the party and garner the vote of new constituencies with more leftist economics. The presentation explores National Front voters and voting under the leadership of Marine Le Pen.
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