The process of decentralisation is progressing all over Europe. France is no exception. The author analyses the rise of the regions and offers a new perspective on contemporay France, where local actors play an increasing role in public legislation.
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Mobilisations, décentralisation et gouvernance en France
Romain Pasquier
This book recalls the history of industrial and innovation policies implemented by China since 1949, especially in the domain of nanotechnologies, which Beijing intends to make the launching pad of its future competitivity.
Des politiques industrielles aux entreprises innovantes
Romain Bironneau
Rigas Arvanitis, François Bafoil, Bernard Kahane
A unique comparative history of South East Asian and Central European economies, before and after 1989, through the prism of different models of political domination.
Économies politiques comparées, Europe de l'Est et Asie du Sud-Est
François Bafoil
What purpose do ambassadors serve? After a historical retrospective beginning in the Third Republic, the author shows that in spite of all these changes, the profession of ambassador has conserved its specificity and its usefulness.
Marie-Christine Kessler
A close account of Algerian women's’ struggle for egalitarian laws governing the family.
La lutte pour l'égalité
Feriel Lalami
How do these people, be they immigrants or the descendents of immigrants, write themselves into French society?
Enquête sur les citoyens d'origine maghrébine, africaine et turque
Sylvain Brouard, Vincent Tiberj
The first analysis of the major reforms and policies that characterize Sarkozy's presidency.
Jacques de Maillard, Yves Surel
In an environment characterized by cultural diversification and globalization, the cultural heritage faces new challenges which, beyond the issue of returning objects to their country of origin, make a new "cultural heritage pact" imperative.
Patrice Béghain
Based on a unique comparative analysis of four French presidential contests over the last two decades, this book is an original and comprehensive study of the sociological and psychological forces driving French voters' choices.
1988-1995-2002-2007
Éric Belanger, Bruno Cautrès
This work retraces the invention of the constitutionalist, this law professor specializing in constitutional policy, and demonstrate how these professors played a crucial role in the advent of the new regime.
Professeurs de droit et légitimation de l'État en France (1870-1914)
Guillaume Sacriste
This book brings a strictly scientific perspective to the measurement of crimes arguing for three major changes: an analyse over the long term, an evaluation method no longer monopolized by the most powerful and an urgente evaluation of financial crime.
Philippe Robert, Renée Zauberman
The author analyses the profound transformation of Japanese capitalism, along with a reflection on the diversity of capitalisms. He shows that Japan is still a subjet of studies capable of throwing light on the global issues of the world economy.
Sébastien Lechevalier
Examining the history of international criminal justice, from Nuremberg to today, with the aid of numerous examples from the Balkans to Libya, touching on Rwanda and Darfur, this book questions the pacifying effect of justice and its limitations.
Le dilemme de la paix et de la justice en sortie de conflit armé
Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer
Revolutionary at 20, conservative at 60: is there truth in this old adage? Do our political attitudes change as we age? This work gives light to the ties between age, generation, life cycle and our political lives.
Anne Muxel
An unprecedented synthesis of thirty years of public debate and political decisions around a societal subject revolutionized by scientific progress.
Procréation et politique en France (1982-2011)
Dominique Mehl
This book is a historic, economic, political and legal synthesis of the process of the Europeanization of public services. The author explains why it is a historical rupture, from nation-state organization to a definition of common principles and norms.
Pierre Bauby
An original thesis defending that social movements are neither a marginal component of the political landscape, nor a menace to democracy, but revive founding principles.
Mouvements sociaux et politique en France aujourd'hui
Lilian Mathieu
This book analyses public finances, in a context marked by the issue of government debt, budget constraints and the renewed policy of rigor and fiscal reforms.
Philippe Bezes, Alexandre Siné
