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Northern Irish Society in the Wake of Brexit

by Agnès Maillot, 7 June

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

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

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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A (Brazilian) Tale of Two Dimes

by Paulo Edgar da Rocha Resende & Geraldo Adriano Godoy de Campos, 7 July 2014

Hopes & Contradictions
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Is the Environment the Key to Tax Reform?

by Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline & Mouez Fodha, 30 June 2014

An ambitious environmental tax policy must be part of a broader reform that addresses several problems simultaneously: the...
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Brazil’s “Winter of Discontent”

by Edesio Fernandes, 23 June 2014

What It Says About Urban Planning and Urban Law
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Brazil’s Forgotten Political Reforms

by Gianpaolo Baiocchi & Ana Claudia Teixeira, 19 June 2014

After the June 2013 Protests
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What Can We Learn From Ecological Economics?

by Albert Merino-Saum & Philippe Roman, 16 June 2014

Environmental economics, the economics of natural resources, sustainable development, green economics, sustainability...
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What is the Non Take-up of Social Benefits?

by Philippe Warin, 9 June 2014

The non take-up of social benefits is becoming increasingly widespread as a phenomenon, and is now a central concept within...
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The Human Element vs. the Standardization of Medical Care

by Élie Azria, 5 June 2014

Originally conceived to help physicians make enlightened decisions, evidence-based medicine in North America and elsewhere...
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Life, a Model for Chemists

by Lucie Campos, 2 June 2014

An Interview with Marc Fontecave
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Are Novels Part of Our DNA?

by Alvaro Santana Acuña, 29 May 2014

What turns a literary work into a classic? Something critical is “lived experience,” that is, people read the literary work to...
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Women’s Employment in Europe

by Mathilde Guergoat-Larivière, 26 May 2014

What is the situation for women’s employment in the different European countries and what are the latest developments? This...
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Ukraine’s Many Voices

by Lucie Campos, 23 May 2014

An Interview with Tatiana Zhurzhenko
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Astronomy in Expansion

by Florent Guénard, 22 May 2014

An Interview with Françoise Combes
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From Community Police to Bureaucratic Police

by Yann Philippe, 28 April 2014

Public order and democracy in New York City at the turn of the 20^th century
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Once Upon a Time in America There was Michael Jackson

by Sylvie Laurent, 24 April 2014

Michael Jackson was a lot more than just a singer: Sylvie Laurent recounts the story of the pop star who became a “monster,”...
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Martha Nussbaum or the Democracy of Capabilities

by Fabienne Brugère, 21 April 2014

Martha Nussbaum has written a prolific body of work, all of it aimed at correcting the failings of political liberalism and...
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The Bigger Picture

by Vanina Géré, 17 April 2014

An Interview with Conrad Botes & Anton Kannemeyer
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Is There a Difference Between Passive and Active Euthanasia?

by Marta Spranzi, 14 April 2014

Active euthanasia, which is defined as the intentional act of causing the death of a patient experiencing great suffering, is...
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Hungary’s One-way Ticket to the EU

by Lise Herman & Erin Saltman, 10 April 2014

Hungary and the Copenhagen Criteria
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What the Mountain Knows

by Catherine Larrère, 7 April 2014

The Roots of Environmental Philosophies
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The Fragile Climate of Modernity

by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz & Fabien Locher, 31 March 2014

A Short History of Environmental Reflexivity
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When French Banks Encounter their Clients

by Georges Gloukoviezoff, 24 March 2014

Bank Employees and Financial Inclusion
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Towards a critical approach to social mix

by Éric Charmes, 17 March 2014

Should we redistribute populations or resources?
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Does France Still Have a Class Society?

by Olivier Schwartz, 3 March 2014

Three Observations about Contemporary French Society
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An Economic Analysis of the Ukrainian Crisis

by Florent Guénard & Thomas Vendryes, 17 February 2014

An Interview with Volodymyr Vakhitov
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The Skirt Revolution

by Christine Bard, 13 February 2014

Elements for an Immediate History of “Skirt Day”
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How to Judge the Rwandan Genocide?

by Liora Israël, 10 February 2014

The paradoxes of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
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Hybristanbul

by Jean-François Pérouse, 3 February 2014

Turkey’s urban development boom
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The Last Mile

by Claire Magone, 30 January 2014

Should we still believe in the eradication of polio?
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Financial Crises and Banking Regulation : A History

by Éric Monnet, 27 January 2014

An interview with Eugene White
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The Constraints of the Right to Know

by Paul-Loup Weil-Dubuc, 16 January 2014

Thoughts on Presymptomatic Diagnosis
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Randomized Evaluation: A Success Owing Nothing to Chance

by Yannick L’Horty & Pascale Petit, 16 December 2013

Randomized evaluation has become very fashionable. Initially developed in the field of development economics, it has now...
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The Anti-Establishment Impact of Postcolonial Studies

by Jules Naudet, 9 December 2013

An Interview with Jacques Pouchepadass
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The Other “People”

by Chloé Gaboriaux, 2 December 2013

With the accession of Napoléon III, French republicans encountered an undiscovered people: rural peasants. Because these...
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Politics and Religion in Ancient Rome

by John Scheid, 28 November 2013

What is the place of freedom of worship under a State religion?
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History and America’s Great Recession

by Adam Tooze, 25 November 2013

The American debate over the current crisis offers different attitudes towards history. Analyzing the way historical...
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Why are people setting fire to libraries?

by Denis Merklen & Numa Murard, 7 November 2013

Social violence and written culture
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Ethnography of Everyday Racism

by Linda Haapajärvi & Rébecca Ndour, 1 November 2013

An Interview with Elijah Anderson
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“Bacteria can think too”

by Ariane Poulantzas, 28 October 2013

An Interview with Alain Prochiantz
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There is No Solidarity Economy

by Matthieu Hély, 23 October 2013

Behind the commendations of the nonprofit sector and the promotion of “Social and Solidarity Economy”, Matthieu Hély discerns...
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In Praise of Social Sciences

by Philippe Descola, 21 October 2013

Should we expect the social sciences in general, and anthropology in particular, to enlighten us about society’s problems and...

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