The French Right-Wing Paradox – Maintaining the cordon sanitaire
<span class='abs_content'>In this article, we explain why the French mainstream right-wing party, today Les Républicains, has maintained until now a cordon sanitaire between itself and its far-right counterpart, the Rassemblement National. We examine the usual hypotheses identified b...
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| description | <span class='abs_content'>In this article, we explain why the French mainstream right-wing party, today Les Républicains, has maintained until now a cordon sanitaire between itself and its far-right counterpart, the Rassemblement National. We examine the usual hypotheses identified by the literature on coalitions between mainstream and far-right parties, and confirm that they are not able to explain the French case. We argue that this paradox can be solved by re-evaluating some core ideological disagreements, as well as the importance of competence and credibility in the party image of the mainstream right, which we identify – discussing Panebianco's genetic model – as a result of its historical role of governmental, established party.</span><br/> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4563aa60a9ab40bb9292d3921f3aa1c02023-09-20T07:59:58ZengCoordinamento SIBAPartecipazione e Conflitto1972-76232035-66092022-07-0115242244310.1285/i20356609v15i2p42222264The French Right-Wing Paradox – Maintaining the cordon sanitaireEmilien Houard-Vial<span class='abs_content'>In this article, we explain why the French mainstream right-wing party, today Les Républicains, has maintained until now a cordon sanitaire between itself and its far-right counterpart, the Rassemblement National. We examine the usual hypotheses identified by the literature on coalitions between mainstream and far-right parties, and confirm that they are not able to explain the French case. We argue that this paradox can be solved by re-evaluating some core ideological disagreements, as well as the importance of competence and credibility in the party image of the mainstream right, which we identify – discussing Panebianco's genetic model – as a result of its historical role of governmental, established party.</span><br/>http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/25693anti-systemnesscordon sanitaireelectoral alliancesextreme rightmainstream rightparty politics |
| spellingShingle | Emilien Houard-Vial The French Right-Wing Paradox – Maintaining the cordon sanitaire Partecipazione e Conflitto anti-systemness cordon sanitaire electoral alliances extreme right mainstream right party politics |
| title | The French Right-Wing Paradox – Maintaining the cordon sanitaire |
| title_full | The French Right-Wing Paradox – Maintaining the cordon sanitaire |
| title_fullStr | The French Right-Wing Paradox – Maintaining the cordon sanitaire |
| title_full_unstemmed | The French Right-Wing Paradox – Maintaining the cordon sanitaire |
| title_short | The French Right-Wing Paradox – Maintaining the cordon sanitaire |
| title_sort | french right wing paradox maintaining the cordon sanitaire |
| topic | anti-systemness cordon sanitaire electoral alliances extreme right mainstream right party politics |
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