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Reconstructing Citizenship for the Twenty-first Century

by Thomas Grillot & Jean-Claude Monod [05-03-2012]
A world-famous legal scholar, Bruce Ackerman wants to reinvigorate citizenship in today’s democracies. Here, he reexamines the intellectual foundations of his work, and some of the pragmatic (...)
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Are we Represented?

An interview with Loïc Blondiaux

by Emilie Frenkiel & Ivan Jablonka [06-01-2012]
The indignados movement signals people’s current dissatisfaction as regards political representation. Though pessimistic as to the political outlets of that mobilization, French political (...)
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Doing Away With Presidential Elections

by Pierre Brunet & Arnaud Le Pillouer [01-12-2011]
The election of the President of the French Republic by universal suffrage is said to represent an undeniable step forward for democracy, in that it enables the people to directly choose a leader (...)
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Sprouts of Democracy in Chinese History

by Pierre-Etienne Will [30-05-2011]
In this article derived from a conference given at Princeton University in November 2008, Pierre-Etienne Will discards culturalist arguments justifying the absence of a democratic regime in China (...)
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Lula: Father of the Poor?

by Frédéric Louault [04-04-2011]
Lula had promised to be the president of the poor, and with the help of favourable economic conditions, he was able to reduce poverty by raising and broadening social minima. However, unable to (...)
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The crisis of representation in Great-Britain

by Florence Faucher-King [17-11-2010]
The scandal over expenses and the recent revelations about the corruption of former Labour MPs have seriously weakened the legitimacy of British political leadership. Florence Faucher-King (...)
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A redrawing of the Red/Blue map in November 2010?

Five questions to Andrew Gelman about the coming midterm elections

by Pauline Peretz [22-10-2010]
In the United States, the November midterm elections will most likely be a success for Republicans in Congress. Does it mean that the 2008 electoral map is already outdated? Does it definitely (...)
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Is representative democracy really democratic ?

by Hélène Landemore [31-03-2008]
Hélène Landemore : Bernard Manin and Nadia Urbinati, you both have written books with apparently similar titles, respectively The principles of representative government (1997) and Representative (...)
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