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L’image de la Chinoise « désexuée » sous le regard de Beauvoir : De la critique à l’idéalisation
Résumé Dans La longue marche, essai sur la Chine (Gallimard, 1957), malgré son admiration pour le pays maoïste, Beauvoir aborde un phénomène social controversé qui est la « désexualisation » de la femme chinoise. La réception beauvoirienne, en cette matière, est assez particulière, car elle témoigne d’une rupture entre l’horizon d’attente et le présent.
Yangyang Liu
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La concession familiale Bamiléké: un exemple d'architecture endogène au Cameroun
Cet article aborde la question de l'architecture vernaculaire ou endogène dans les villes camerounaises à partir d'une étude de cas de la concession familiale Bamiléké en tant que forme bien spécifique d'organisation de l'habitat au sein de la communauté traditionnelle de Pète‐Bandjoun.
Joseph Esoh Elamé +1 more
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‘If there was no jaad’: poetics of khat and remembering the future in a London Somali community
Abstract The Somali people have suffered from a devastating civil war and large‐scale forced displacement since the late 1980s. This article is based on ethnographic fieldwork with Northwest London Somalis during the khat (Catha edulis) control debates that led to the prohibition of the substance in June 2014. It argues that diaspora poetics can become
Guntars Ermansons
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ABSTRACT This article investigates the relationship between militarization and land grabbing in the context of rapid urbanization and protracted violent conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Drawing on two case studies of the dispossession and privatization of public urban land in Goma, Eastern Congo, during the state of siege, the paper ...
Benjamin Muhoza +2 more
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Populist Radical Right Parties and Pension Privatization
Abstract Populist radical right parties (PRRP) have experienced notable electoral success across Europe in recent decades. While their preferences regarding public social policy have been widely studied, their influence on private social policy remains underexplored. This article examines how PRRP seek to reconcile the tension between aiming to balance
Thomas Mayer
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This article examines polyvalent uses of the word ‘life’ in the debate about abortion in the United States compared with Ireland. It takes two axiomatically liberal events as its ethnographic site of comparison: the US Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v.
Natalie Morningstar
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ABSTRACT The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) can be hunted as a game species. It may also be listed as a “species likely to cause damage” (ESOD – the acronym in French), for public health reasons among others. Conversely, benefits linked to the presence of foxes are also put forward, such as the predation of rodents carrying zoonotic agents.
Emmanuelle Gilot‐Fromont +97 more
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Abstract Many governments worldwide, including contemporary provincial ones in Canada, provide political parties with direct public subsidies to fund their day‐to‐day operations and campaigns. While the literature considers the spread, scope, and motivations for party subventions, very little attention has been devoted to assessing its support among ...
Scott Pruysers +2 more
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Moving On, But Where? A Snapshot of Ontario Ministerial Staff Career Trajectories
Abstract Despite their centrality to the success of government business, we know very little about political staff, including their contributions to the policy process, the ways in which they contribute to government decision‐making or their career trajectories.
Zachary Spicer, Muzammil Chatha
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Abstract The principle of effective judicial protection is a cornerstone of EU law which is predicated on the existence of a complete system of judicial remedies. However, with the expansion of the operational powers of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) and the consequent fundamental rights concerns, this article challenges the ...
Salvatore Fabio Nicolosi
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