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“charles devellennes”

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  • The Macron Régime

    The Ideology of the New Right in France

    by Charles Devellennes ...
    When Emmanuel Macron was elected President of the French Republic, it ended the long-standing political alternation between the mainstream right- and left-wing parties. This book examines Macron’s political career from his rise as a public figure to his time as a president.The book explores Macron’s political ideology and examines the enactment of the key notions of security, merit and hope during ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Positive Atheism

    Bayle, Meslier, d'Holbach, Diderot

    by Charles Devellennes ...

    $119.99 CAD

  • The Gilets Jaunes and the New Social Contract

    by Charles Devellennes ...
    This book provides a lively account of the gilets jaunes, the yellow vest movement that has shaken France since 2018. Charles Devellennes assesses what lessons can be drawn from their activities and the impact for the contemporary relationship between state and citizen.Informed by a dialogue with past political theorists – from Hobbes, Spinoza and Rousseau to Rawls, Nozick and Diderot – and ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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  • Twilight of the Elites

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  • The Public intellectual in Canada

    by Nelson Wiseman ...
    This illuminating, entertaining, and timely volume examines the place and impact of public intellectuals in our rapidly changing and diverse society. Boasting an all-star cast of contributors – including some of Canada’s most prominent writers, journalists, and academics – it probes the role of public discourse and intellectual persuasion in shaping Canada’s past, present, and future.The Public ... Read more

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  • What Ails France?

    by Brigitte Granville ...
    As evidenced by the yellow vests protest movement that began in France in 2018, the state of the French nation inspires gloom among many of its citizens. Brigitte Granville views this malaise as a peculiarly French symptom of the difficulties experienced by many advanced industrial democracies in the face of globalization, technology, and mass immigration.Granville brings trenchant criticism to ... Read more

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  • Public Justice and the Anthropology of Law

    by Ronald Niezen ...
    Series series New Departures in Anthropology
    In this powerful, timely study Ronald Niezen examines the processes by which cultural concepts are conceived and collective rights are defended in international law. Niezen argues that cultivating support on behalf of those experiencing human rights violations often calls for strategic representations of injustice and suffering to distant audiences. The positive impulse behind public responses to ... Read more

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  • Contemporary France

    An Introduction to French Politics and Society

    by David Howarth, Georgios Varouxakis ...
    At least since the French Revolution, France has the peculair distinction of simultaneously fascinating, charming and exasperating its neighbours and foreign observers. Contemporary France provides an essential introduction for students of French politics and society, exploring contemporary developments while placing them in a deeper historical, intellectual, cultural and social context that makes ... Read more

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  • The Last Neoliberal

    Macron and the Origins of France's Political Crisis

    by Stefano Palombarin, Bruno Amable ...
    Why centrist politics in France is bound to failThis book analyses the French political crisis, which has entered its most acute phase in more than thirty years with the break-up of traditional left and right social blocs. Governing parties have distanced themselves from the working classes, leaving behind on the one hand, craftsmen, shop owners and small entrepreneurs disappointed by the timidity ... Read more

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  • The History of Development

    From Western Origins to Global Faith

    by Gilbert Rist ...
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    In this landmark text, Gilbert Rist provides a comprehensive and compelling overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history. He traces it from its origins in the Western view of history, through the early stages of the world system, the rise of US hegemony, and the supposed triumph of third-worldism, through to new concerns about the environment and globalization.Assessing ... Read more

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  • Women and Power

    The Case for Parity

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