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• 30 jui 2016

  Clermont-Ferrand

  Call for papers - History

  Youth and political involvement: art and politics in France 18th-21st centuries

  La jeune équipe du Centre d’histoire « Espaces et cultures » (CHEC) éprouve la nécessité d’organiser une journée d’étude appréhendant la notion d’engagement du point de vue de la jeunesse. Si, comme l’a montré Hannah Arendt, chaque nouvelle génération a pour fonction de s’arroger, au détriment du passé, l’espace nécessaire à l’exercice de sa liberté, assurant ainsi le renouvellement de la vie politique, il semble important de s’interroger sur les causes, les formes et les conséquences de l’engagement de la jeunesse.

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• 31 déc 2012

  Clermont-Ferrand

  Call for papers - Political studies

  Referendums and the European democratic ideal

  There has most definitely been a renewed interest in referendums in Europe. Over time, some countries such as Switzerland have fully integrated this form of popular ballot into their political practises while others, having scarcely used them in the past, are turning to them more and more. Given that the absolute purity of referendums contrasts sharply with the imperfections of representative democracy, they are often considered to be the impassable horizon of the democratic ideal. In this sense, they can be considered to be the essential expression of democratic will. Yet referendums are more frequently referred to in political discourse than they are actually put into use.

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