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Democracies in an age of uncertainty: a long term perspective

An interview with Helen Milner et Daniel Treisman

by Jules Naudet, 30 September

Despite the rise of far-right parties and the adaptation of dictatorships to international pressures, political scientists Helen Milner and Daniel Treisman are confident in the future of Democracy, the only political model suited to accommodate the fast-paced innovations that are driving capitalism.

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Ministerial Cabinets: the Grey Area of Government

by Catherine Achin & Delphine Dulong, 15 September

Within French government ministries, cabinet offices are a source of numerous fantasies due to their opaque role and the...

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Classes without wealth

by Nicolas Duvoux & Senmiao Yang, 14 September

Asset-based poverty and economic vulnerability

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Why France Isn’t (Completely) Neoliberal

by Michael C. Behrent, 29 June

Reviewed: Kevin Brookes, Why Neo-Liberalism Failed in France : Political Sociology of the Spread of Neo-Liberal Ideas in France (1974-2012), Palgrave-Macmillan

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Virginity and Burqa: Unreasonable Accommodations?

by Cécile Laborde, 30 October 2008
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Democratic Universalism as a Historical Problem

by Pierre Rosanvallon, 8 April 2008
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Republican Reflections on the 15-M Movement

by Philip Pettit, 20 September 2011
Review
The Reception of John Stuart Mill in France

by Vincent Guillin & Djamel Souafa, 9 May 2011
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The Politics of Error

by Henry Laurens, 16 October 2007
Interview
The American State: Power Obscured

by Thomas Grillot & Pauline Peretz, 15 November 2011
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What is a Public Health Problem?

by Frédéric Orobon, 30 January 2020
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The Media Revolution and Public Debate

by Charles Girard, 3 January 2012
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The Culture of Poverty

by Nicolas Duvoux, 19 July 2011
Interview
Teenagers and their sexuality

by Ivan Jablonka, 31 July 2008
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From Risk To Disaster

by Florent Guénard & Philippe Simay, 8 June 2011
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Two cities with School Segregation? 1/2

by Marco Oberti, 26 April 2012
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Max Weber and Capitalism’s Strange Rationality

by Isabelle Kalinowski, 17 November 2014
Interview
The Empirical Sociology of Critique

by Nicolas Duvoux, 14 February 2012
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Where have the rebels gone?

by Nicolas Delalande & François Jarrige, 21 January 2010
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The Nature and Limits of the Majority Principle

by Pasquale Pasquino, 20 April 2011

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