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And War Gave Birth to the American Leviathan

About: James T. Sparrow, Warfare State: World War II Americans and the Age of Big Government, 2011.

by Stephen W. Sawyer [27-03-2012]
World War Two marked the beginning of a new relationship between state and society in America. Turning away from a focus on regulation and welfare, the new state based its vastly extended (...)
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The Fall of the House of Obama?

Can Obama still defend an agenda for prosperity?

by Pauline Peretz [30-12-2011]
Is there still room for hope at the White House?
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The American State: Power Obscured

by Thomas Grillot & Pauline Peretz [15-11-2011]
Finding the American state where historians never looked before: this could be the motto of the new history of the state, of which William Novak and James Sparrow are two of the strongest (...)
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Liberty, Equality, or Fraternity between the Generations?

About: A. Masson, Des liens et des transferts entre les générations, Editions de l’EHESS.

by Cécile Van de Velde [23-03-2011]
Liberty, equality, or fraternity between the generations — how should we think about “fair” transfers from one generation to the next? In a meticulous and bold essay, André Masson demonstrates that (...)
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How to Modernize the British Welfare State

Interview with Professor Julian Le Grand

by Antoine Colombani [06-05-2010]
Julian Le Grand, professor of social policy at the London School of Economics and a former advisor to Tony Blair, assesses the New Labour record on welfare reform. According to him, it is (...)
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Which direction for the welfare state?

by Isaac William Martin [06-03-2009]
Isaac Martin gives us an account of the American welfare state, at a time when the current economic crisis seems to pave the way for a new New Deal. According to him, however, it is unlikely that (...)
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October 2008: the return of the State?

by Bruno Bernardi [29-01-2009]
The unfolding of the financial crisis and our attempts to keep it in check have spawned a new theme of debate: are we witnessing - to the joy of some and the horror of others - the return of the (...)
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Coming of age in Europe

About: C. Van de Velde, Devenir adulte. Sociologie comparée de la jeunesse en Europe [Growing up. Comparative sociology of European Youth], PUF.

by Christian Baudelot [08-04-2008]
Through a comparison between the paths taken by young people to reach adult life in a range of European countries, Cécile Van de Velde gives the sociology of youth a thorough (...)
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