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Covid-19: Chronicle of an Outbreak Foretold

by Philippe Sansonetti, 30 March
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What is a Public Health Problem?

by Frédéric Orobon, 30 January

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

by François-Xavier Merrien, 13 January

An inquiry into the origins of a controversial term

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When Immigration Is a Crime

by Luca d’Ambrosio, 24 October 2011

Over the past few years, European Union law and national laws, particularly in France and Italy, have established repressive...
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‘Hacker’ Journalism - A New Utopia for the Press?

by Sylvain Parasie, 14 October 2011

This article explains why and how self-taught computer programmers, web entrepreneurs, web project managers, programmers from...
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The Rise and Fall of Alternative Spaces

by Cristelle Terroni, 7 October 2011

Throughout the 1970s, New York’s alternative spaces appeared through the spontaneous initiatives of avant-garde artists whose...
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Native Americans, America’s Colonial Troops

by Thomas Grillot, 28 September 2011

Native Americans have been touted as the quintessential American patriots. Their war record in the 20th century certainly...
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Republican Reflections on the 15-M Movement

by Philip Pettit, 20 September 2011

In its criticism of the democratic deficit in Spain, has the 15M movement (initiated 15 May 2011 in Spain) challenged Philip...
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Protectionism and the Birth of Catalanism

by Jeanne Moisand, 16 September 2011

Critics of Catalanism often reduce the movement to a reaction based on economic and fiscal selfishness. Jeanne Moisand shows...
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Japan and Asia: The Implications of an Improved Relationship

by Guibourg Delamotte, 9 September 2011

As China’s power increases, Japan is moving closer to other Asian countries. This return to Asia is not univocal, and the...
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Beaches in the City

by Elsa Devienne, 6 July 2011

The Quest for the Ideal Urban Beach in Postwar Los Angeles
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For a Social Investment Pact in Europe

by Anton Hemerijck & Bruno Palier & Frank Vanderbroucke, 15 June 2011

Three researchers react against the perspective for European countries of drastic austerity and emphasize the need, central...
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From Risk To Disaster

by Florent Guénard & Philippe Simay, 8 June 2011

A New Paradigm
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Worldwide Libel

by David Chekroun, 6 June 2011

Are English courts following in the footsteps of their French counterparts and establishing themselves as the censors of...
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The Active Solidarity Benefit and the Fight against Poverty

by Jean-Luc Outin, 1 June 2011

The economist Jean-Luc Outin reviews the history of welfare benefits in France, describes the issues surrounding the recent...
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Sprouts of Democracy in Chinese History

by Pierre-Etienne Will, 30 May 2011

In this article derived from a conference given at Princeton University in November 2008, Pierre-Etienne Will discards...
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The Lessons of Disasters

by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, 27 May 2011

A Historical Critique of Postmodern Optimism
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The Autumn of the Patriarchs

by Abdellah Tourabi, 18 May 2011

Two revolutions and two presidents deposed within a few weeks. Long presented as a region resistant to democratization and...
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Suicide, Islam and Politics

by Dominique Avon, 6 May 2011

On the recent events in Tunisia
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Getting to Grips with Disaster

by Gaëlle Clavandier, 2 May 2011

How should we understand and account for disasters? Is a disaster simply a risk that has become a reality? Gaëlle Clavandier...
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Saving or Leaving to Die

by Frédérique Leichter-Flack, 29 April 2011

Medical Ethics and Disaster
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Madmen in prison?

by Laurence Guignard & Hervé Guillemain, 28 April 2011

There was a time when a criminal judged to be ‘insane at the time of committing an offence’ was neither to be punished nor...
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The Nature and Limits of the Majority Principle

by Pasquale Pasquino, 20 April 2011

Constitutional courts are more and more important in our lives. But how can they be legitimate? Pasquale Pasquino shows that...
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Are Cities Parasites or Resource Pools?

by Sabine Barles, 18 April 2011

Cities consume and transform massive flows of energy and matter. How can their “metabolism” contribute to their sustainability?...
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Finance, an Inequality Factor

by Olivier Godechot, 15 April 2011

This study shows that, contrary to preconceptions, CEOs and stars of the sport and entertainment industry are not the first...
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Is a History of Trust Possible?

by Nicolas Delalande, 13 April 2011

Remarks on the Historic Imagination of Two Economists
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Is China Asian?

by Émilie Frenkiel, 8 April 2011

The international context and the economic and diplomatic rapprochement between the powers currently thriving in Asia seem to...
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Lula: Father of the Poor?

by Frédéric Louault, 4 April 2011

Lula had promised to be the president of the poor, and with the help of favourable economic conditions, he was able to reduce...
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Universal Postal Services: High Noon For a Time-tested Institution?

by Dieter Plehwe, 25 March 2011

Dieter Plehwe describes how the different European postal services, in the backdrop of the crisis of Fordism and state...
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France Against Its Gypsies

by Emmanuel Filhol, 14 March 2011

Every year the public authorities wait until the end of the school year to expel France’s Gypsies. Emmanuel Filhol shows us...
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The Collective Identity of a Teaching Body

by Vincent Descombes, 4 March 2011

How can we explain the breadth of the mobilization of academics against the plan to modify their status? For philosopher...
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Why Britons Trust their Police

by Ben Bradford & Jonathan Jackson, 2 March 2011

Where does the high level of trust and legitimacy the British bobby enjoys come from? In this outstanding synthesis, two...
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Comparing Social Protection in France and Germany

by Jean-Claude Barbier & Matthias Knuth, 21 February 2011

Jean-Claude Barbier and Matthias Knuth analyze the evolution of the French and German social protection ‘models’. They assess...
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The Persistence of Empires

by Jane Burbank & Frederick Cooper, 14 February 2011

Empires are not necessarily the obsolete political form that the historiography likes to condemn. Jane Burbank and Frederick...
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The Social State and Globalization

by Jean-Fabien Spitz, 11 February 2011

Does the globalization of the economy inevitably imply a lowering of our social protections? As Jean-Fabien Spitz shows, this...
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The French Social Welfare Model, as Seen from the Polders

by Antoine Bevort, 26 January 2011

For the Dutch, the French social model seems particularly generous. However, no real comparison is possible if the facts are...
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J Street, the Lobby of the “Silent Majority”

by Pauline Peretz, 19 January 2011

A new critical voice in the American Jewish Community
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The Collateral Victims of the RSA

by Hélène Périvier, 12 January 2011

The RSA (Active Solidarity Income) is supposed to reduce poverty by one third between now and 2012. It is based on the...
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The FNAC: A Story of Standardization

by Frédérique Leblanc, 5 January 2011

About : V. Chabault, La FNAC, entre commerce et culture, Puf.
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When Famine Disappeared Off the Face of the Earth

by Timothy Brook, 3 January 2011

About: C. Ó Gráda, Famine: A Short History, Princeton University Press.
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Liszt and Modernity

by Martin Guerpin, 27 December 2010

About : B. Moysan, Liszt, virtuose subversif, Symétrie.
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Will the Wedding of Australia and Asia Ever Take Place?

by Fabrice Argounes, 22 December 2010

Where will the borders of the East Asian community end up? Australia is trying to attach itself to this evolving project but,...
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Obesity: From Glory to Disgrace

by Thibaut de Saint Pol, 20 December 2010

About: G. Vigarello, Les Métamorphoses du gras. Histoire de l’obésité, Seuil.

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