Bastien François

Constitutional courts, central banks, and regulatory agencies have become an ubiquitous and pervasive feature of contemporary democracies. They are constitutive of an overall process of delegation of governmental functions to institutions put at distance from direct electoral or governmental « pressures ». Through a variegated set of empirical ...

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In 2014, French local elections have led to significant political changes : left-wing parties lost many cities while a dozen mayors from the National Front were elected. Simultaneously, the persistance of more traditional practices in campaigning and in the selection of candidates could also be observed.

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