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Envisaging the Future of Republicanism in France

About: T. Ménissier, La liberté des contemporains. Pourquoi il faut rénover la république, P.U. Grenoble, 2011

by Sophie Guérard de la Tour [17-05-2012]
To Thierry Ménissier, France’s republicanism is not a thing of the past. In fact, the republican regime is still the best guarantee of liberty in France, but only if it is overhauled so that it (...)
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Is There a Dictatorship in the E.U.?

by Andrew Arato [11-05-2012]
The Orban government has enacted sweeping changes that have raised the specter of autocracy in Hungary: is the European Union about to have a dictatorship among its member states? For Andrew (...)
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J14 in Tel-Aviv

A Different Kind of Protest Movement?

by Sylvaine Bulle [28-02-2012]
Are the demands of indignados of all countries fundamentally the same, or does each movement have its distinctive style? For Sylvaine Bulle, Israel’s J14 movement must be understood as a critique (...)
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Open Data As a Key to Citizen Empowerment

An Interview with Dominique Cardon, sociologist

by Ivan Jablonka & Pauline Peretz [20-01-2012]
A citizen, if informed, is active and attentive. In a transparent democracy, public authorities are truly accountable to their voters and citizens trust their leaders. In this interview, (...)
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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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The Media Revolution and Public Debate

by Charles Girard [03-01-2012]
In a democratic regime, do new media represent a threat or a step forward for the press? Charles Girard examines the renewal of the journalistic profession and its impact on democratic debate. (...)
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Democracy: Bridging the Representation Gap

by Emilie Frenkiel [28-12-2011]
The current world-wide demand for “real” democracy as embodied in the Indignados (15-M) movement and the Occupy Wall Street movement reiterates long-lasting frustrations as regards representative (...)
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Press and Democracy

by Emilie Frenkiel & Jeanne Moisand [13-12-2011]
The media industry has undergone dramatic changes in its technologies and business models. To help us understand the effects of these changes on democracy, Books and Ideas takes the discussion (...)
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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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The Opacity of Consensus

by Stéphanie Novak [24-11-2011]
At the Council of the European Union, decisions are usually made by consensus. Does this mean that all the countries are of one mind? In fact, disagreements are often concealed, since it is not (...)
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