Based on interviews with the primary protagonists and the exclusive consultation of government archives, the book presents several political and bureaucratic spaces in which the debates on the subject took place and where the opposing arguments – always intricately connected to struggles for power – were laid out.

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Food security cannot be only considered in light of quantity and of development, it must also take into account health, social, climate, and environmental aspects.

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This exploration into the heart of EELV, and their Young Environmentalists, analyses the foundations of the involvement and the semi-professionalisation of political activists for whom values and practices are inseparable. Through these members, the book tells the story of a party that has set out to do politics differently.

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This book brings together contributions by twenty international specialists on this "deliberative shift" in democracy. They analyse various aspects of the concept, including its limits, retrace the many fieldwork studies it has led to, and discuss the contemporary debates on the deliberative ideal and the various forms of participative democracy.

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Images of political violence are everywhere: terrorist attacks, vandalism against public infrastructures, bossnapping, etc. The authors of this book coldly takes the side of the data, compiling a database of some 6,000 episodes of political violence between 1986 and today, and categorising them according to the nature of the cause being defended.

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How does public policy evolve in times of crisis? The comparative and international framework proposed in this book are important in understanding public action during times of crises, including the COVID 19 pandemic.

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Arthur Vuattoux conducted his research with two courts, followed several hearings, and analysed over two hundred cases involving adolescents. His verdict is that gender norms have a profound impact on the way in which the professionals consulted by the judges, and the judges themselves, perceive deviance at this age.

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For four years, between 2015 and 2019, Frédéric Mérand went behind the wings at Berlaymont, the seat of the European Commission in Brussels, in order to observe and understand how Europe is really "made".

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A Parisian metropolis is emerging, albeit somewhat chaotically. This is demonstrated by the authors of this book that retraces the history of the governance of this city.

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Deeply original in its approach and in its style, this historical investigation is an exemplary reflection on the silences of the past.

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A book about the oppressed workers and labourers Joseph Conrad lived alongside: serfs in Russia, workers and sailors in the French and British empires, slaves and migrants in the Indian Ocean... that ends in Congo with the extreme violence perpetrated against the indigenous people by colonial companies in their relentless search for profit. 

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L'enquête de William Genieys met au jour le rôle de ces nouvelles élites politiques américaines qui œuvrent pour que l’État fédéral soit au service non pas des lobbyistes, mais de l’intérêt général.

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L'islam de France a cessé de se faire discret. Les jeunes générations désirent lui faire une place et, à travers lui, dénoncer les discriminations, voire contester un modèle de société.Les écouter, comprendre leur cheminement et interroger leurs rapports à la société et à la République, voilà des clés pour combattre quelques idées fausses.

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Historiens, politistes, économistes, archivistes et grands témoins font revivre les temps forts d'une gauche de gouvernement aux prises avec la fin de la guerre froide et proposent une réflexion sur les limites que la Ve République impose au pouvoir du Premier ministre.

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Medical statistics have become the primary tool in political decision making. There is a history behind this computational episteme, which Mathieu Corteel invites us to discover in this book. It began with the interpretation of 17th century death records and has been transformed over time ever since.

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Une grande partie de la bureaucratie chinoise se forme depuis le début du siècle à l'aide de méthodes pédagogiques et de contenus d’inspiration américaine. L'ouvrage interroge le sens de cet emprunt chargé de valeurs politiques si éloignées de celles portées par l’État-parti.

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À partir de récits biographiques recueillis auprès d'individus ayant des incapacités motrices ou visuelles, l’ouvrage montre que les droits associés au handicap, souvent imprécis dans les textes, souffrent de défauts majeurs de mise en oeuvre.

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Une enquête singulière, menée pendant quatre ans au cœur du dispositif médico-légal français, qui nous entraîne dans le quotidien de ces « blouses blanches » dont le rôle est de transformer les corps des victimes, vivantes ou mortes, en preuves judiciaires.

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