The 2012 French Election

INTRODUCTION by Pascal Perrineau .- PART 1: Perceptions of the Campaign .- Chapter 1: Pre-determined Issues in the 2012 Presidential election by Gilles Finchelstein .- Chapter 2: The Candidates: Crystallized Images by Daniel Boy, Jean Chiche .- Chapter 3: Information Gathering and Campaign Following among Voters: The Paradox of Electoral Campaigns by Thierry Vedel .- PART 2: Voter Mobility and Mobilization .- Chapter 4: Electoral Turnout: Mobilization in all its Diversity by Anne Muxel .- Chapter 5: Fluctuations on the Left by Flora Chanvril, Henry Rey .- Chapter 6: Shifts in Voting Decisions on the Right: From a Centripetal Victory to a Centrifugal Defeat by Bruno Cautrès, Sylvie Strudel .- Chapter 7: Fluctuations between the Left and the Right: Expressions of Protest that Benefitted François Hollande by Anne Muxel .- Chapter 8: Fluctuations at the Center: a Short-lived and Fragile Breakthrough for François Bayrou by Pierre Bréchon .- PART 3: Making a Voting Choice .- Chapter 9: The Moment of Electoral Choice by Pascal Perrineau, Brice Teinturier .- Chapter 10: The Impact of Issues on Electoral Choice by Dominique Reynié .- Chapter 11: Narrowing the Gap in the Second Round or the 'Referenda' of the 6th of May 2012 by Jérôme Jaffré .- PART 4: Expectations of the Incoming President .- Chapter 12: Expectations of the New President by Mariette Sineau, Bruno Cautrès .- Chapter 13: A Review of the First Hundred Days: a 'Normal' presidency at a Time of Unprecedented Crisis by Jérôme Fourquet .- CONCLUSION by Pascal Perrineau .- BIBLIOGRAPHY.