Presented By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)
Politics OF Crisis or Crisis IN Politics?: France and the European Situation in the Aftermath of the 2012 Elections
OLLI at U-M (50+)
Speaker: Joshua H. Cole, Associate Professor of History, U-M
The 2012 elections in France were supposed to be boring. An unpopular incumbent was running against an insipidly nice mainstream opponent. Before the first round of voting, however, polls showed extremists of the left and right threatening to take nearly 40 per cent of the first-round vote. What can this French story tell us about the search for solutions to Europe’s seemingly intractable problems of economic instability and social discontent?
The 2012 elections in France were supposed to be boring. An unpopular incumbent was running against an insipidly nice mainstream opponent. Before the first round of voting, however, polls showed extremists of the left and right threatening to take nearly 40 per cent of the first-round vote. What can this French story tell us about the search for solutions to Europe’s seemingly intractable problems of economic instability and social discontent?
Cost
- $30 for 6-lecture series, $20 annual membership fee, (or $10 per lecture, payable at the door).
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