Jean-Luc Parodi

Jean-Luc Parodi
Born(1937-06-08)8 June 1937
Paris, France
Died21 January 2022(2022-01-21) (aged 84)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
EducationSciences Po
OccupationPolitical scientist

Jean-Luc Parodi (8 June 1937 – 21 January 2022) was a French political scientist.

Biography

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Jean-Luc was the son of Alexandre Parodi, a Councillor of State and a member of the French Resistance.[1] His uncle, René Parodi, was made a Companion of the Liberation posthumously, following his death in 1942.

Parodi studied at Sciences Po, writing a memoir under the direction of Jean Touchard [fr] and earning his degree in 1960. He also wrote a thesis on the political system of the French Fifth Republic under the direction of René Rémond. He earned a doctorate in political science in 1974.[2]

In 1964, he became a researcher at the Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po [fr] (CEVIPOF), where he stayed for the entirety of his career. He served as Secretary-General of the Association française de science politique [fr] from 1980 to 1999 and directed the Revue française de science politique from 1991 to 2008. He was also heavily involved with the Institut français d'opinion publique, where he was a pioneer in the analysis of political polls. He was the first person to predict a presidential election in France in 1965 and the first to analyze municipal elections in 1983.[3]

Parodi carried out political research at the Presses Universitaires de France alongside Olivier Duhamel, moving to Éditions du Seuil in 1993 after a nomination from Pascal Gauchon [fr].[4] He was an Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour.[5]

He died in Paris on 21 January 2022, at the age of 84.[1]

Publications

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  • La Vie économique et sociale de la nation (1969)
  • La Constitution de la Cinquième République (1985)
  • L'Hérédité en politique (1992)
  • L'Écriture de la Constitution de 1958 (1992)

References

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  1. ^ a b Perrineau, Pascal (21 January 2022). "Jean-Luc Parodi, chercheur en science politique, est mort". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. ^ Parodi, Jean-Luc (1973). La Ve République et le système majoritaire. SUDOC (Thesis) (in French).
  3. ^ Dabi, Frédéric (22 January 2022). "Le chercheur et ancien collaborateur au Journal du Dimanche Jean-Luc Parodi est mort". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ^ "La polémique sur la nomination de Pascal Gauchon à la tête d'une collection pédagogique Remous aux Presses universitaires de France". Le Monde (in French). 17 June 1993. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Décret du 13 juillet 1999 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance (in French). 14 July 1999.