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Protesting in early 21^st century China

by Emilie Frenkiel & Chloé Froissart, 7 March

In order to better grasp protests and social movements in China, whose number has impressively swollen in recent years, Books&Ideas presents a dossier on the evolution of social mobilization (...)

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Debate, Democracy and the Public Sphere

by Lucie Campos, 8 January

In our second winter selection of reviews and essays, Books & Ideas takes a look back at a few important articles published over the last year on the current developments and trends affecting (...)

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Cities, Centers of our Time

A Selection of Essays and Reviews

by Cristelle Terroni, 21 December 2012

During the Christmas season, Books and Ideas offers a selection of reviews and essays that tackle the subject of cities and the issues they raise as complex centers of urban life: how could we (...)

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American Elections: The Conservative Temptation

by Thomas Grillot & Pauline Peretz, 22 October 2012

Our Books and Ideas dossier on the American presidential elections will make no forecasts - instead it will look back on four years of Democratic leadership at the White House and four years of (...)

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Thinking Global

by Thomas Grillot, 19 August 2012

Historians, sociologists, and social scientists in general have long tried to “think big” and “global.” The rise of Asia in the world economy has stimulated anew this attraction for the macro-level. (...)

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Oiling the Wheels of Democracy

Democratic Techniques and Innovations

by Emilie Frenkiel, 13 August 2012

How to renew the currently dwindling support for democratic governance? To the minds of theorists and historians, whether advocating going back to classical political traditions like (...)

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Youths of Two Continents

by Thomas Grillot, 7 August 2012

Whether in Britain, the U.S., Quebec, France, or elsewhere, youths tend to make the news only when they riot. But what is the true meaning of this overused and overextend category—“youth”? A (...)

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The Power of Images

by Cristelle Terroni, 30 July 2012

How do images shape our worldview ? What do their study bring to our understanding of society ? Through interviews, essays and reviews this dossier shows how the close study of still or moving (...)

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Europe: the Meaning of a Crisis

by Thomas Grillot, 23 July 2012

The last year has been extremely tough for Europe as a political idea. The debt crisis, the rise of the radical right, repeated and widespread attacks against immigrants, foreigners, but also the (...)

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To Have or Not to Have

Poverty and Wealth in National Contexts

by Emilie Frenkiel, 15 July 2012

How to combat growing inequalities and injustice in a given country? Recent research suggests that solutions lie in better understanding and controlling access to education and working conditions (...)

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Is Protectionism the Solution?

by Florian Mayneris, 17 January 2012

Protectionism, a solution? Really? The economic crisis may not have turned the tide against liberalization, but we certainly cannot look at protectionism the same as we used (...)

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The Fall of the House of Obama?

Can Obama still defend an agenda for prosperity?

by Pauline Peretz, 30 December 2011

Is there still room for hope at the White House?

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Democracy: Bridging the Representation Gap

by Emilie Frenkiel, 28 December 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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The Economic Crisis: Questions and a Few Answers

by Thomas Grillot, 27 December 2011

The economic crisis that has plagued a great part of the world since 2008 remains baffling as ever, all questions and no answers. Why not start by listing the former, and then imagine what the (...)

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Back to Asia

by Emilie Frenkiel & Bernard Thomann, 20 December 2011

This dossier examines the recently reopened debate on regional integration in Asia. What are the obstacles to the construction of an Asian Union? How is the issue tackled in Japan, China or (...)

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Press and Democracy

by Emilie Frenkiel & Jeanne Moisand, 13 December 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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European Citizenship on the March

by Florent Guénard, 24 October 2011

At a time when Europe is equated with sovereign debt and political powerlessness, one should not forget that the foundations for a European citizenship have already been laid. Its potential for (...)

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The Culture of Poverty

by Nicolas Duvoux, 19 July 2011

In the U.S., in France as well with Hugues Lagrange’s book on “the denial of cultures”, culture has again become the focus of poverty studies. Our dossier on “culture of poverty” reviews this new (...)

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The Significance of Disasters

by Florent Guénard & Philippe Simay, 29 April 2011

Disasters and the tragedies that they entail accumulate, along with human and social science research trying to grasp the significance of their repetition. The aim of the dossier launched today (...)

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