Conference / Journées d’étude

Les élections législatives de 2015 au Royaume-UniThe 2015 General Election in the United Kingdom

Vendredi 12 juin et samedi 13 juin 2015Friday, June 12 and Saturday, June 13, 2015Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 35, rue de l’école de médecine, 75006 ParisPetit Amphi

Organisées par/ Organised by le CREC(Centre de Recherches en Civilisation Britannique),par le CERVEPAS (Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur la Vie Economique des Pays Anglophones) et axe 1 de CREW EA 4399 (Center for Research on the English-Speaking World)

Avec le soutien de l’/With the support of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)

CREW

EA 4399

CENTRE DE RECHERCHE SUR LES MONDES ANGLOPHONESCENTER FOR RESEARCH ON THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD

9h00 – Accueil/Registration

9h15 – Ouverture du colloque / Opening address

SESSION 1 - The 2015 General Election : New Context, Old Campaign ?

9h30 - 11h00 : The Majority Parties’ CampaignChair: Romain Garbaye

Tim Bale (Queen Mary University)The Conservative election campaign

Eric Shaw (Stirling University)The Predicaments of Labour

Emmanuelle Avril (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3) and Agnès Alexandre-Collier (Université de Bourgogne)Candidate Selection in the Conservative and Labour Parties

11h-11h30 Coffee break

11h30-12h30 : Communicating the CampaignChair: Pauline Schnapper

Sarah Pickard (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3)Mobilising the youth vote through social media : young people and the General Election

Sabine Michelon (Université de Paris Descartes)The Stage Management of the Party Leaders’ Private Lives in the 2015 Campaign

12h30-14h00 : Buffet Lunch

SESSION 2 – Key Debates of the 2015 Campaign

14h00 – 15h00 : Fiscal and monetary policiesChair: Valérie Peyronel

Nicholas Sowels (Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne)Fiscal policy and public spending under the coalition government, 2010-2015

Nathalie Champroux (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3)Britain’s 2015 General Elections, the next step of monetary policy re-politicization?

15h-15h30 Pause/Coffee break

15h30-17h : Social issues and Foreign PolicyChair : Emmanuelle Avril

James Hampshire (University of Sussex)The Cost of Broken Promises: Immigration in the General Election

Louise Dalingwater (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3)The NHS at the heart of the election campaign

Thibaud Harrois (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3)Little Britain ? The debate on Britain’s Defence and Foreign Policy

Saturday, June 13.

SESSION 3 - Challenges and Challengers: Is the Mould Breaking ?

9h-10h30 : Constitutional AspectsChair: David Fée

Valérie Peyronel (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3)Northern Ireland : Devolution as an Electoral Issue

Edwige Camp (Université de Valenciennes)Constitutional Issues in the General Election in Scotland : the Impact of the Referendum

Pauline Schnapper (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3)The Elephant in the Room: Europe in the General Election

10h30-11h : Pause/Coffee break

11h-12h30 : Insurgent PartiesChair: Agnès Alexandre-Collier

Brendan Prendiville (Université de Rennes 2)The Green Party: ‘Green surge’ or Work in Progress ?

Karine Tournier Sol (Université du Sud - Toulon Var)The UKIP Effect on the General Election

Nathalie Duclos (Université de Toulouse – Jean Jaurès)The British General Election : alignment of the party systems and voting behaviour inScotland?