Florence Faucher

Florence Faucher is Professor of political science at Sciences Po and Director of the Centre d’études européennes et de politique comparée (CEE). She is the Director of OxPo (an academic network linking Sciences Po, 4 departments of the University and the Maison Française in Oxford. She is Associate Fellow at Nuffield College and in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. She previously worked in the UK and in the USA, where she co-directed the Max Kade Center in European and German Studies at Vanderbilt University and has held visiting positions in Australia, in the United States and in the UK. She teaches at all levels of the curriculum at Sciences Po and coordinates the Double Master in European Affairs (Sciences Po/London School of Economics). She has been a member of the Comité National du Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique (2016- 2019), of the boards of the Association Française de Science Politique (2014- 2022), and of the British politics group (American Political Science Association).

Her research has developed in several strands, connected by an interest in understanding the transformations of modes of doing politics in contemporary Europe. She has extensively worked on political parties in France and in the UK (green parties, centre right and centre left parties). She argues that an «anthropological imagination» can renew and stimulate analyses of contemporary political institutions and practices. First, she is interested in how forms of political participation and activism have changed over the last fourty years as part and parcel of wider processes that blur the boundaries between the public and the private spheres of action. Second, she has shown how practices and ideas developed in new parties (such as green parties) have driven a thrust for reform in well-established political parties through the multiplication of ballots and consultations. Third, her current research extends her anthropological outlook to the analysis of the uses of the symbolic in public policy (responses the responses to the 2015 and 2016 terrorist attacks, to the covid crisis).

Selected publications

Books

Florence Faucher, Gérome Truc, Facing Terrorism in France: Lessons from the 2015 Paris Attacks, Paris, Springer Nature B.V., 2022 

Face aux attentats, collective book coordinated by Florence Faucher & Gérôme Truc, collection « La Vie des Idées », Paris, PUF, 2020. 

Florence Faucher-King, Patrick Le Galès (2010), Les gouvernements néotravaillistes. Bilan de Tony Blair et Gordon Brown, avec Patrick Le Galès, Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 2^ème édition mise à jour et augmentée. Traduction anglaise (The New Labour Experiment. Change and Reform Under Blair and Brown. Stanford University Press, 2010) et italienne (L'esperienza del New Labour. Un'analisi critica della politica e delle politiche, Franco Angeli, 2013).

Florence Faucher-King (2005), Changing Parties. An Anthropology of British Political Party Conferences, Houndsmills/New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 315 p.

Faucher Florence (1999) Les habits verts de la politique, Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 325p.

Chapters

Boussaguet Laurie, Florence Faucher (2020) « La covid-19 : comment mobiliser les populations dans une ‘guerre’ contre un « ennemi invisible ?» in Marc Lazar, Guillaume Plantin et Xavier Ragot, », Le monde d'aujourd’hui, Paris Les Presses de Sciences Po, 2020, pp. 243-262. 

Boussaguet Laurie, Florence Faucher, « Au sommet de l’État : les symboles pour construire l’unité nationale », dans Face aux attentats, ouvrage collectif coordonné par Florence Faucher et Gérôme Truc, collection « La Vie des Idées », Paris, PUF, 2020.

Articles

Boussaguet Laurie, Florence Faucher, “Beyond a ‘gesture’: the treatment of the symbolic in public policy analysis”, French Politics, 18 (1-2), pp. 189–205.

Boussaguet Laurie, Florence Faucher (2018), “La construction des discours présidentiels post-attentats à l’épreuve du temps », Mots Les langages du politique, 118, pp 95-115.

Boussaguet Laurie, Florence Faucher (2018), “Identity and Citizenship as Symbolic Responses to Terrorist Attacks. The Case of France in 2015 », Percosi costituzionali, Special issue : La cittadinanza incerta, 2017.2, pp.511-530.

Faucher Florence, Laurie Boussaguet (2018), “The politics of symbols. Reflections on the French government’s framing of the 2015 terrorist attacks ». Parliamentary Affairs, 71(1), pp. 169–195. DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsx013.

Faucher Florence, Daniel Boy (2018), “50 shades of green. Political differences between elites, members and supporters of Europe Ecologie Les Verts”, Environmental Politics, 27(1), pp. 161-185.  DOI 10.1080/09644016.2017.1385149.

Faucher Florence, Nuria Garcia (2017), “France”, European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, 56(1), pp. 99-105. DOI:10.1111/2047-8852.12181.

Boussaguet Laurie, Faucher Florence, (2017), “Quand l’Etat convoque la rue. La Marche républicaine du 11 janvier 2015”, Gouvernement et action publique, 6(2), pp 37-61.

Faucher Florence, Colin Hay (2015), “Les rituels de vote en France et en Grande-Bretagne”, Revue française de science politique, 65(2), pp. 213-236. DOI: 10.3917/rfsp.pr.0213.

Faucher Florence (2015), “New Forms of Political Participation. Changing Demands or Changing Opportunities to Participate in Political Parties?”, Comparative European Politics, 13(4), pp. 405-429. DOI: CEP1.2013.31.

Faucher Florence (2014), “Leadership Elections: What is at Stake for Parties? A Comparison of the British Labour Party and the Parti Socialiste”. Parliamentary Affairs, 68(4), pp 794-820. DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsu026.

Faucher Florence (2012), “Vertitudes. Comment interpréter les différences entre verts français et verts britanniques”, Ecologie et Politique, 44, pp. 103-114.

Faucher-King Florence (2008), “La modernisation du parti travailliste, 1994-2007. Succès et difficultés de l’importation du modèle entrepreneurial dans un parti politique”, Politix, 21(81), pp. 125-149.

Faucher-King Florence (2003), "Managing Intra-Party Democracy: Comparing the French Socialist and British Labour Party Conferences", avec Eric Treille, French Politics, 1 (1), pp. 61-82.

To know more

• florence.faucher@sciencespo.fr
• Tel: +33145497623
• Bureau C304 - 3ème étage

• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Symbolic Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1, 2024, ⟨10.1017/9781009290975⟩. ⟨hal-04818743⟩
• Florence Faucher. Les rituels de vote en France. Extinction de vote ?, Presses Universitaires de France, pp.10-15, 2022. ⟨hal-03994696⟩
• Florence Faucher, Gérôme Truc. Introduction. Facing Terrorism in France. Facing Terrorism in France, Springer International Publishing, pp.1-12, 2022, ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-94163-5_1⟩. ⟨hal-03929997⟩
• Florence Faucher, Laurie Boussaguet. At the Upper Echelons of the State: Symbols to Build National Unity. Palgrave Macmillan. Facing Terrorism in France. Lessons from the 2015 Paris Attacks, 2022. ⟨hal-03678365⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. « Partygate » : quand Boris Johnson joue les trouble-fêtes. 2022. ⟨hal-03596658⟩
• Florence Faucher, Gérôme Truc. Facing Terrorism in France. Palgrave Macmillan. Springer International Publishing; Springer International Publishing, 2022, 9783030941635. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-94163-5⟩. ⟨hal-03678323⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher, Christian Freudlsperger. Performing Crisis Management: National Repertoires of Symbolic Action and Their Usage during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe. Political Studies, 2021, ⟨10.1177/00323217211058305⟩. ⟨hal-03479373⟩
• Florence Faucher. Boris Johnson: a passing populist buzz?. 2021. ⟨hal-03263657⟩
• Florence Faucher. Boris Johnson : une fièvre populiste passagère ?. 2021. ⟨hal-03263773⟩
• Florence Faucher. An anthropology of contemporary political parties: Reflexions on methods and theory. Ephemera : Theory and Politics in Organization, 2021, 21 (2), pp.53 - 75. ⟨hal-03371234⟩
• Florence Faucher, Colin Hay. Breaking up is hard to do Royaume-Uni et Union européenne après le Brexit. Politique étrangère, 2020, Brexit, le malheur de rompre, 2020/4 (Hiver), pp.13-26. ⟨10.3917/pe.204.0013⟩. ⟨hal-03053962⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher, Vincent Tiberj, Gérôme Truc. Le pouvoir et l'opinion publique face aux attentats de 2015. 2020. ⟨hal-03054103⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Comment mobiliser les populations ? La réponse symbolique des exécutifs français, italien et britannique. Marc Lazar; Guillaume Plantin; Xavier Ragot. Le Monde d'aujourd'hui, Presses de Sciences Po, pp.243 - 262, 2020, 9782724626704. ⟨hal-02978096⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Au sommet de l'Etat : des symboles pour construire l'unité natonale. Gérôme Truc. Face aux attentats, Presses Universitaires de France, pp.65 - 78, 2020, 9782130824411. ⟨hal-02978070⟩
• Florence Faucher, Gérôme Truc (Dir.). Face aux attentats. Faucher Florence; Truc Gérôme. Presses Universitaires de France, pp.108, 2020, Laviedesidées.fr, 9782130824411. ⟨hal-02978060⟩
• Florence Faucher, Gérôme Truc. Introduction. Face aux attentats. Faucher Florence; Truc Gérôme. Face aux attentats, PUF, pp.5-10, 2020, La vie des idées, 9782130824411. ⟨halshs-02971535⟩
• Keith Dixon, Cécile Ducourtieux, Florence Faucher, Hubert Védrine. Le Brexit. Les « rendez-vous du politique » de la BNF du 16 février 2019. Revue de l'Union européenne, 2020, 641 (Septembre 2020), pp.504 - 516. ⟨hal-03380881⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Le yoyo de BoJo : la gestion symbolique de la crise du Covid-19 au Royaume-Uni. 2020. ⟨hal-02978095⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Beyond a “gesture”: the treatment of the symbolic in public policy analysis. French Politics, 2020, Special Issue: Does Policy Implementation in Gender Equality Policy Matter in France—A Cross Sectoral Approach, 18 (1-2), p.189-205. ⟨10.1057/s41253-020-00107-9⟩. ⟨hal-02487243⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Comment Emmanuel Macron a raté son rendez-vous symbolique avec les Français. 2020. ⟨hal-02888724⟩
• Florence Faucher. Boris Johnson hospitalisé, comment le Royaume-Uni est-il dirigé ?. 2020. ⟨hal-03455871⟩
• Florence Faucher. Au sommet de l’État : les symboles pour construire l’unité nationale. Face aux attentats, PUF, pp.65-78, 2020, La Vie des Idées. ⟨hal-03994714⟩
• Florence Faucher. L'article à lire pour comprendre les élections législatives anticipées au Royaume-Uni (et leurs conséquences sur le Brexit). 2019. ⟨hal-03455997⟩
• Florence Faucher, Catherine C. Marshall. Elections européennes: au Royaume-Uni, une campagne à marche forcée. 2019. ⟨hal-03471444⟩
• Florence Faucher. Interview. Brexit : Jeremy Corbyn et ses contradictions. 2019. ⟨hal-03457675⟩
• Florence Faucher, Nuria Garcia. France: Political development and data for 2017. European Journal of Political Research, 2018, Political Data Yearbook 2017, 57 (1), pp.98-107. ⟨10.1111/2047-8852.12225⟩. ⟨hal-02184049⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. La politique des symboles : le gouvernement français face aux attentats de 2015. 2018. ⟨hal-03471553⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. La construction des discours présidentiels post-attentats à l’épreuve du temps. Mots: les langages du politique, 2018, Discours post-attentats, 118, pp.95-115. ⟨10.4000/mots.23867⟩. ⟨hal-02184070⟩
• Florence Faucher, Daniel Boy. Fifty Shades of Green? Political differences between elites, members and supporters of Europe Ecologie Les Verts. Environmental Politics, 2017, 27 (1), pp.161-185. ⟨10.1080/09644016.2017.1385149⟩. ⟨hal-02184173⟩
• Florence Faucher. Brexit. Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2017. Revue Française de Science Politique, 2017, 67 (5), pp.953 - 955. ⟨10.3917/rfsp.675.0946⟩. ⟨hal-03414278⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Quand l’État convoque la rue. Gouvernement & action publique, 2017, 2, pp.37 - 61. ⟨10.3917/gap.172.0037⟩. ⟨hal-02184176⟩
• Florence Faucher. C’est arrivé près de chez vous. Le ressentiment en politique dans le Wisconsin, et au-delà. Revue Française de Science Politique, 2017, 67 (4), pp.715 - 717. ⟨10.3917/rfsp.674.0715⟩. ⟨hal-03399179⟩
• Florence Faucher. L'attentat de Londres peut-il changer la culture anglaise ? (Interview). 2017. ⟨hal-02186294⟩
• Florence Faucher, Laurie Boussaguet. The Politics of Symbols: Reflections on the French Government’s Framing of the 2015 Terrorist Attacks. Parliamentary Affairs, 2017, 71 (1), pp.169-195. ⟨10.1093/pa/gsx013⟩. ⟨hal-01664262⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Identity and Citizenship as Symbolic Responses to Terrorist Attacks. The Case of France in 2015. Percosi costituzionali, 2017, 2.2017, pp.511 - 530. ⟨hal-02396220⟩
• Florence Faucher, Nuria Garcia. France. European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, 2016, 55 (1), pp.99-105. ⟨10.1111/2047-8852.12122⟩. ⟨hal-02186327⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Mobiliser des symboles pour répondre au terrorisme. LIEPP Policy Brief, 2016, 28, ⟨10.25647/liepp.pb.28⟩. ⟨hal-02186338⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. The Politics of Symbols. Reflections on the French government’s framing of the 2015 terrorist attacks. The Charlie Hebdo Critical Juncture: European Public Spheres Before and After the Paris Attacks, Oct 2016, Florence Scuela Normale Superior, Italy. ⟨hal-02368596⟩
• Florence Faucher. Le Royaume désuni, ou le « bateau ivre ». 2016. ⟨hal-02385453⟩
• Florence Faucher. Les paris risqués de David Cameron. 2016. ⟨hal-02385454⟩
• Florence Faucher. How to choose the Leader. Reflecting on Changes in British Parties Selection Procedures. Political development workshop, May 2016, Nuffield College, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-02385463⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Des symboles pour répondre au terrorisme ?. Journées d’études du Centre d’études européennes de Sciences Po, May 2016, Paris, France. ⟨hal-02368605⟩
• Florence Faucher, Colin Hay. The vote as a ritual. France and the UK. Political development workshop, May 2016, Nuffield College, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-02295421⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. The French government’s framing of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. Deparmental seminar, School of Social sciences: politics and international relations, Apr 2016, Southampton University, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-02368613⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Resilience against terror after the 2015 attacks in Paris. The French government and the politics of symbols. 23rd International Conference of Europeanists Resilient Europe? (CES), Apr 2016, Philadelphia, United States. ⟨hal-02368609⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. The symbolic dimension of public policy. Analysing the responses of the French government to the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. Political Studies Association, Mar 2016, Brighton, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-02368614⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Gouverner par les symboles. Les réponses du gouvernement face aux attentats de janvier 2015. Séminaire général du Centre d’études européennes de Sciences Po, Mar 2016, Paris, France. ⟨hal-02297159⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Mobiliser les symboles pour répondre au terrorisme. L’exécutif français face aux attentats de janvier et novembre 2015. Journée d’étude : Les attentats de Paris : analyses croisées, Jan 2016, Université de Rouen, France. ⟨hal-02368616⟩
• Florence Faucher. Populism in Europe: Realities and Interpretations. Workshop organized by the Centre d’études européennes & the Centre d’histoire of Sciences Po, Feb 2016, Sciences Po, France. ⟨hal-02297209⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Quand l’Etat convoque la rue. La Marche républicaine du 11 janvier 2015. Journée d’études : 2015 : une année (de) symbole(s) ? Les réactions aux attentats terroristes, Jan 2016, Sciences Po, LIEPP, France. ⟨hal-02297179⟩