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The Democratic Boundary Problem – A Function-Sensitive View
none In response to the democratic boundary problem, two principles have been seen as competitors: the all-affected interests principle and the all-subjected principle. This article claims that these principles are in fact compatible, being justified vis- ...
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Should the people control public spending? A normative assessment of balanced budget constitutional amendments
none Should the people control public spending? A normative assessment of balanced budget constitutional amendments During the XX century, many western countries introduced balanced budget constitutional amendments (BBCA), i.e. they reformed their constit ...
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The Privatized State
none The Center for Critical Democracy Studies invites Chiara Cordelli for a talk entitled "The Privatized State." Prof. Cordelli will be discussing a chapter of her recent book with the same title, The Privatized State. About the Book Many gov ...
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Prof. Annabelle Lever (Sciences Po Paris): Democracy in Selection
none Should we replace elections with lotteries? Bernard Manin’s famous book on representative government first taught many of us that the Greeks thought of elections as an aristocratic, not a democratic, way to select people for political power and auth ...
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Marc Hecker and Élie Tenenbaum: The End of the War on Terror?
none The lecture will draw on the book The Twenty Years’ War: Jihadism and Counterterrorism in the XXIst Century. Based on several years of field investigations, this book, which was recently awarded the Prix du livre géopolitique, offers the first histor ...
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D.Rad Symposium: Trends of Radicalization in Europe and Beyond
none The Symposium will present the findings of 17 countries on trends of radicalization in Europe and the Middle East. The reports analyze specific moments – or “hotspots” – of radicalization in historical, social, and cultural context and are part of th ...
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Why Open Democracy?
none This paper examines open democracy, the conception of democracy introduced by Hélène Landemore in her recent book of the same name. Open democracy offers both an institutional paradigm and a specification of democratic values underlying it. It differ ...
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Lecture: Ambassador Muriel Domenach
none In conjunction with the D.Rad comparative research project on radicalization trends and deradicalization policies in Europe and beyond, AUP’s Center for Critical Democracy Studies is delighted to present a lecture by Ambassador Muriel Domenach. The A ...
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Founding Week 2023
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Launch of JOURNAL issue 2 / au lancement du deuxième numéro de JOURNAL
The American University of Paris and JOURNAL are pleased to invite you to the launch of JOURNAL issue 2 La American University of Paris et JOURNAL sont heureux de vous inviter au lancement du deuxième numéro de JOURNAL JOURNAL is a journal of intern ...