Anja Durovic

Sciences Po Bordeaux

This article asserts that the impact of generational replacement on gendered political participation patterns is not sufficiently taken into account by existing analyses of participatory gender inequalities. In this longitudinal study, gender and generational differences in French protest patterns are systematically examined. The article tackles tw...

THE IMPACT OF GENDER ON THE VOTE FOR MARINE LE PEN: The “Radical Right Gender Gap” refers to the greater reluctance of women to support these parties. It was obvious in the Jean-Marie le Pen era, much less since his daughter succeeded him. In the 2012 presidential election, all else equal, women voted for her in the same proportion than men. Then i...

The results of the 2017 presidential and legislative elections represent an important shift in French politics. For the first time in the history of the 5th French Republic, the candidates of the two traditional governing parties were disqualified during the first round of the presidential elections. The duel between a centrist and a radical-right...

This chapter examines how parity sanctions targeted at the major political parties since 2002 have impacted gendered processes of nomination. It also investigates how gender plays a role in individual decisions to seek nomination and run for office with a focus on whether the most recent increase in parity sanctions in the 2017 elections matter for...

Lors des élections régionales de 2015, les femmes ont pris un peu plus de place : la parité est obligatoire et chaque liste électorale doit présenter une alternance à part égale de candidates et de candidats. À l'issue du scrutin, trois femmes sont élues présidentes de région (Carole Delga dans le Languedoc-Roussillon –Midi-Pyrénées, Marie-Guite Du...

Résumé À partir des données de l’enquête postélectorale « Youngelect » cet article entend renouveler l’étude des effets du genre sur les comportements électoraux à l’occasion de l’élection présidentielle française de 2022. Il met au cœur de l’analyse les attitudes sexistes, à l’ancienne ou sous leur forme moderne, euphémisée, et adopte une perspect...

For the second time in the history of the Fifth Republic, the candidates of France’s former mainstream left- and right-wing parties were disqualified during the first round of the presidential elections. The repetition of the duel between Emmanuel Macron (centrist candidate) and Marine Le Pen (radical-right candidate) in the second round of the pre...

This article assesses the pre-adoption, adoption, implementation and impact of party parity penalties established in 2002 to promote gender equality in the National Assembly. The analysis argues that while the penalties were implemented and increased over the years and had some success in enhancing women’s numerical representation, from 12.3% of al...

This chapter examines how parity sanctions targeted at the major political parties since 2002 have impacted gendered processes of nomination. It also investigates how gender plays a role in individual decisions to seek nomination and run for office with a focus on whether the most recent increase in parity sanctions in the 2017 elections matter for...

This article asserts that the impact of generational replacement on gendered political participation patterns is not sufficiently taken into account by existing analyses of participatory gender inequalities. In this longitudinal study, gender and generational differences in French protest patterns are systematically examined. The article tackles tw...