Jean-Luc Parodi
{{Short description|French political scientist (1937–2022)}}
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Jean-Luc Parodi (8 June 1937 – 21 January 2022) was a French political scientist.
Biography
Jean-Luc was the son of Alexandre Parodi, a Councillor of State and a member of the French Resistance.{{cite news |last=Perrineau|first=Pascal|date=21 January 2022|title=Jean-Luc Parodi, chercheur en science politique, est mort|trans-title= |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2022/01/21/jean-luc-parodi-chercheur-en-science-politique-est-mort_6110445_3382.html|language=French|work=Le Monde|location= |access-date=27 January 2022}} 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 {{ill|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.{{cite thesis|url=http://www.sudoc.abes.fr/cbs/xslt/DB=2.1//SRCH?IKT=12&TRM=040923401&COOKIE=U10178,Klecteurweb,D2.1,E469e20fa-2e,I250,B341720009+,SY,QDEF,A%5C9008+1,,J,H2-26,,29,,34,,39,,44,,49-50,,53-78,,80-87,NLECTEUR+PSI,R161.115.218.108,FN|title=La Ve République et le système majoritaire|work=SUDOC|year=1973|language=French|last1=Parodi|first1=Jean-Luc}}
In 1964, he became a researcher at the {{ill|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 {{ill|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.{{cite news |last=Dabi|first=Frédéric|date=22 January 2022|title=Le chercheur et ancien collaborateur au Journal du Dimanche Jean-Luc Parodi est mort|trans-title= |url=https://www.lejdd.fr/Societe/le-chercheur-et-ancien-collaborateur-au-journal-du-dimanche-jean-luc-parodi-est-mort-4089368|language=French|work=Le Journal du Dimanche|location= |access-date=27 January 2022}}
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 {{ill|Pascal Gauchon|fr}}.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=17 June 1993|title=La polémique sur la nomination de Pascal Gauchon à la tête d'une collection pédagogique Remous aux Presses universitaires de France|trans-title= |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1993/06/17/la-polemique-sur-la-nomination-de-pascal-gauchon-a-la-tete-d-une-collection-pedagogique-remous-aux-presses-universitaires-de-france_3949040_1819218.html|language=French|work=Le Monde|location= |access-date=27 January 2022}} He was an Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour.{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000577164|title=Décret du 13 juillet 1999 portant promotion et nomination|date=14 July 1999|work=Légifrance|language=French}}
Publications
- 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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