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Jane Mansbridge, Political Science between Facts and Norms

by Samuel Hayat & Julien Talpin & Audric Vitiello, 28 November

Jane Mansbridge has made a major contribution to political theory. She has spent her life combining empirical research with a...
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Richard Rorty the Multi-Pragmatist

by Stéphane Madelrieux, 4 January

Rorty made conversation a philosophical genre in its own right, which led him to reject any distinctions he considered...
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Serving our great imperial family

by Timothy Gibbs, 13 December 2022

The Queen, Her Empire, and the Commonwealth of Nations

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Interest groups in election campaigns

by Guillaume Courty, 2 November 2022

Omnipresent but poorly understood
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Why the Ukraine War Caught Europe by Surprise

by Datawar, 25 October 2022

Right Numbers, Wrong Predictions?
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Ministerial Cabinets: the Grey Area of Government

by Catherine Achin & Delphine Dulong, 15 September 2022

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 2022

Asset-based poverty and economic vulnerability
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Operation Pied Piper: Britain’s Forgotten War Children

by Marilyn Johnston, 23 December 2021

On the eve of the Second World War, more than a million British children were evacuated to the countryside for their...
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The Multiplicity of Gender

by Emmanuel Beaubatie, 13 October 2021

The multiplicity of possible gender positions cannot be reduced to a spectrum opposing male and female. Numerous conceptions...
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Northern Irish Society in the Wake of Brexit

by Agnès Maillot, 7 June 2021

Since the 2016 referendum, Brexit has dominated the political conversation in Northern Ireland, launching a debate on the...
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The Power of Billionaire Philanthropy in World Politics

by Peter Hägel, 10 May 2021

At a time when billionaires are being targeted by conspiracy theories, what is the actual power of philanthropic billionaires...
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The Anthropocene: a Challenge for Agriculture

by Bertrand Valiorgue, 19 April 2021

What will farming look like in the future? Will there still be room for agriculture? What is certain is that the time has...
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Françoise d’Eaubonne’s Ecofeminism

by Iris Derzelle, 22 March 2021

An Overlooked Left Wing Perspective
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The Rising Invisible Majority

by Alessandro Arrigoni & Emanuele Ferragina, 1 March 2021

When Fiction Meets Social Science
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Why Central Bankers Should Read Economic History

by Éric Monnet, 8 February 2021

How can economic policy-makers use economic history as a guide for their deliberations and decisions? Focusing on the case of...
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The Japanese Press: a Global Exception?

by César Castellvi, 11 January 2021

Economic Crisis and Political Polarization
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Life and Survival in Wuhan

by Simeng Wang, 28 December 2020

This article presents a portrait of the city of Wuhan, which has been at the center of the news since the appearance of...
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Emotions at Work

by Lauren A. Rivera, 2 November 2020

The Role of Affects in Recruitment
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Money Is the Gatekeeper of Politics

by Raymond La Raja, 21 October 2020

One is mistaken to think that corporations dominate the electoral process in the United States is misplaced. The problem is...
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The Oligarchs’ Charter

by Timothy Kuhner, 20 October 2020

With taxpayer suffrage abolished and universal suffrage achieved, political participation in our democratic societies should...
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Elections for Sale?

by Emmanuelle Avril, 14 October 2020

The Funding of Political Parties in Britain
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The Limits of Transparency

by Eric Phélippeau, 13 October 2020

Money in French Politics
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Deciding Together

by Florent Gougou & Simon Persico, 16 July 2020

The Citizens’ Convention on Climate and the Democratic Challenge
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A New Conflict Era

by Floriano Filho, 13 July 2020

The Growing Tensions between Japan and the Korean Peninsula
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Against the “Grain of the Voice”

by Catherine Rudent, 6 July 2020

Studying the voice in songs
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How Fiction Can Help Us Navigate the Pandemic

by Chandra Mukerji, 2 July 2020

The Decameron and the Black Death
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“Brains” and their “Servants”: the New Class Domination

by Bruno Palier, 25 June 2020

A Response to Torben Iversen, Part III
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Building a Society That Values Care

by Kathryn Cai, 22 June 2020

Covid-19 in an Aging Society
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Are Capitalist Democracies Really Resilient?

by Cyril Benoit, 18 June 2020

A Response to Torben Iversen, Part II
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Are Capitalist Democracies Really Resilient?

by Jenny Andersson, 17 June 2020

A Response to Torben Iversen, Part I
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How Austerity is Worsening Coronavirus

by Matthew Soener, 4 June 2020

The Covid-19 virus follows years of austerity politics in Europe and this market-driven ideology is already shaping...
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The Globalisation of Lockdowns

by Éric Charmes & Max Rousseau, 1 June 2020

Planetary urbanisation revealed
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Working in China in the Covid-19 Era

by Gilles Guiheux & Ye Guo & Renyou Hou & Manon Laurent & Jun Li & Anne-Valérie Ruinet, 25 May 2020

China managed to maintain a certain amount of economic activity during the lockdown, but at what cost and under what...
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Beyond Backlash

by Priscila Delgado de Carvalho, 21 May 2020

How Gender Discourse Reaggregates Conservatisms
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Tracing Apps to Fight Covid-19

by Marine Al Dahdah & Mohammad Javed Alam, 18 May 2020

Are surveillance technologies effective?
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Taiwan’s Energy Security Challenges

by Floriano Filho, 14 May 2020

From Geopolitics to Environmental Issues
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Brexit and the Two Irelands

by Ophélie Siméon, 4 May 2020

Signed in 1998, the Good Friday Agreement brought the three-decade civil war in Northern Ireland to an end. Most...
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Can Covid-19 Crisis Change Italian Politics?

by Alessandro Mulieri, 27 April 2020

Democracy in Times of Global Pandemic
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The Covid-19 Crisis in India

by Marine Al Dahdah & Mathieu Ferry & Isabelle Guérin & Govindan Venkatasubramanian, 13 April 2020

A Nascent Humanitarian Tragedy
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Fortunetellers and Teahouse Workers

by Di Wang, 9 April 2020

Migrant Peasants in Post-Mao Chengdu
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Covid-19: Chronicle of an Outbreak Foretold

by Philippe Sansonetti, 30 March 2020

What are Covid-19 and the coronavirus? What are the parameters, causes and effects of this disease? What are the short and...
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What is a Public Health Problem?

by Frédéric Orobon, 30 January 2020

On Abortion and Drugs
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The Origins of the French État-providence

by François-Xavier Merrien, 13 January 2020

An inquiry into the origins of a controversial term

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