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Frédéric Gonthier

Frédéric Gonthier is Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po Grenoble and a researcher at the Pacte laboratory (CNRS). His work focuses on democratic attitudes, and the relationship between value systems and party systems in a comparative perspective.

The Vienna State Opera House — architectural cross-section, Austria.

France’s Democratic Malaise: Stop Blaming Citizens, Start Reforming Institutions

Nonna Mayer and Frédéric Gonthier

When eight in ten French citizens feel unrepresented, the problem lies not with democratic fatigue but with a political system that has forgotten how to listen.