Governance and Societies
States remain essential pillars of the international system, even if they are not the only players. Governance is a local, national and international issue.
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Multilateralisms: Survival or Revival?

The organized multilateralism born out of the Second World War and the Cold War, and revived in the 1990s with the dream of a world of peaceful “global governance,” has fizzled out. The erosion of the large universal frameworks (United Nations, World Trade Organization, arms control and disarmament, international criminal justice, and so on) did not give way to a void but to an excess: a multitude of agreements and schemes that bore witness to the accelerated rebuilding of international relationships. Will institutional anarchy and the open competition of interests visible in uninhibited struggles for power be able to organize themselves around common fundamental interests in the future?
Models of Integration : Public Philosophies, Policies and State Institutions

The Colors of the Flag. The French Army in front of Discriminations

Distant Neighbours - Understanding How the French Deal with Ethnic and Religious Diversity

European Anti-Discrimination and the Politics of Citizenship : Britain and France
Are the Canadian Policies of Immigration Exportable in France and Europe?

On Local Citizenship
The debate on the local citizenship of migrant populations and those born from migrant populations has been vibrant for the past thirty years. Its contents have nevertheless undergone several changes.
New Citizenships: Refugees and Undocumented Migrants in Europe
With the installation of new migrants, and as new expressions of identity and citizenship have been lately emerging, European countries have adopted quite diverse integration policies. This essay proposes both an analysis and an interpretation of this complex phenomenon.
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