Une gouvernance environnementale selon l’état ? Le conservatoire du littoral entre intérêt général et principe de proximité by Yann Gérard

“…At the time when more democratic decision-making progress is put forward - taking into account the complexity of territorial contexts together with the actors acting upon it – the environmental centralised policies led by nations have to be constantly adapted when they are not merely discredited. …”
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Nouvelles polarisations politiques en Espagne : l’image de l’adversaire dans les discours de Ciudadanos et Podemos (2014‑2019) by Laure Beltran

“…From the start of the democratic transition in 1975, Spanish politics, driven by the ghosts of the Civil War, has been characterised by a process of debate and consensus. …”
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A bajulação das massas by Franz Josef Brüseke, Héctor Ricardo Leis

“…Being in the middle of the mass has become the fundamental rule of the contemporary democratic societies. The verdict of horizontality does not work only for politicians, but also to the society theorists. …”
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Les communistes espagnols : les années difficiles (1947-1956) by Serge Buj

“…The construction of a democratic party did not begin until the very end of the 1960s. …”
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Une éthique minimale est-elle compatible avec l’éducation ? by Jean-Pascal Alcantara

“…Given a context of democratic pluralism, a citizenship education, understood from the less we can share, doesn’t look as a nonsensical idea. …”
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« Tu sais ne pas être injuste » : Justice et procès dans les Euménides d’Eschyle by Nicolas Boulic

“…Our intent is to show that Aeschylus did not intend to display a perfect sketch of what ideal justice could be, but he intended, on the contrary, to stage the dangers and risks of justice, especially in a democratic society such as Athens. A verdict must not be unequivocal, it must be a perfect balance, so that all parties are given a chance to accept what justice has decided and to be reconciled in the future.…”
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Die Gegenwärtigkeit des Picaros am Beispiel von Thomas Brussigs Wie es leuchtet by Miriam Llamas Ubieto

“…This study will first investigate aspects of the picaresque that maintain their appeal in the contemporary world and modifications which seek to modernize it; and secondly, the personal liminality of the rogue himself, a border figure, caught in an in-between space (East and West) and at a time of transition (the GDR [German Democratic Republic] and the German reunification following the fall of the Wall) in a world of change. …”
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Faire descendre le maître de son piédestal. Retour sur parcours d’un formateur-chercheur by Philippe Glâtre

“…Last but not least, equality of intelligence is achieved through projects in which students experience the field from a research perspective, giving knowledge back its democratic dimension.…”
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Dramatic Jouissance in Edward Bond’s Born by Kate KATAFIASZ

“…The article argues that comedy and tragedy are fundamentally democratic tropes because they correct this authoritarian inversion; comic jouissance emerging when physicality subverts the signifier; tragic jouissance disrupting the entire symbolic order with its uncompromising prioritisation of corporeality.…”
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The trajectories of Christianity and African ritual practices: the public silence and the dilemma of mainline or mission churches by L. Ntombana

“…In this paper I examine literature from the 18th century and also revisit my ethnographic work which focuses on this theme in the democratic South Africa. Findings of this study suggests that black members of mainline Churches are still caught in between two identities; one being the Western package of Christianity and the African ritual practices. …”
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Rynkowy model wczesnej edukacji a stanowisko profesjonalistów – perspektywa globalna by Eugenia Potulicka

“…One of the key issues is the opposition between the market model of early childhood education and aspirations to implement democratic solutions supporting these wide learning objectives for children. …”
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A Case Study Using a Behavioural Contract in Alcohol Dependence within a Crisis Home Treatment Team by Andrew John Howe, Cholan Anandarajah

“…In psychiatric settings, the behavioural contract often finds use in Democratic Therapeutic Communities but rarely in crisis or acute services. …”
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Áreas urbanas inundáveis, perspectivas de gestão nos contextos francês e brasileiro by Sergio Torres Moraes

“…In the case of urban areas subject to natural events risk, an effort is being made to create specific instruments to achieve a democratic management of the cities' environment and to protect the population at risk. …”
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The Underground Railroad and the politics of narration in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) by Delphine Louis-Dimitrov

“…The Underground Railroad ultimately serves as a narrative conduit for a democratic reconfiguration of history that lends voice, visibility and political agency to enslaved fugitives. …”
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Militantisme féministe et pouvoir politique : parcours de deux parlementaires féministes belges (1945-1960) by Catherine Jacques

“…It also raises the question of networks, relationships and multiple go-betweens needed in a democratic society by a pressure group willing to see its programme coming true. …”
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We Can Fix Ourselves by Masilo Lepuru

“…This is because the book We Can Fix Ourselves: Building a better South Africa through Black Consciousness (2021) by Mosibudi Mangena under review locates itself within the philosophy of Black Consciousness in discussing the fundamental problem of the so-called new democratic South Africa.  …”
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2000-2015 : un âge d’or du format webdocumentaire by Michaël Bourgatte

“…It was born within communities of innovative thinkers who imagined new ways of shooting, creating and screening documentary films in the early 2000s, against a backdrop of democratizing Internet access and broadband. Dozens of projects were launched, especially between 2000 and 2015, renewing the documentary film genre thanks to the potential of digital technology and the Internet: the presence of text, graphic elements, and a whole range of services and options that allow the emergence of delinearized, sliding or playful narratives. …”
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La militancia en el exilio parisino y su interacción con las redes transnacionales de Derechos Humanos: la construcción del concepto de víctima del conflicto. by Magdalena Schelotto

“…This search for positioning and the appropriation of human rights language (which has been traditionally opposed), preserving objectives and ideals, has resulted in the evolution of the concept of victim in the conflict.This exchange, largely enabled by the bridge created by the work of the activists in exile, as a spokesperson for what happens in Uruguay against transnational networks of human rights, makes the concept of « militant » or « victim » change. Its impact on the democratic transition of Uruguayan society will not be less and it will open debates and divergent positions on the treatment of the recent past.…”
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Yorùbá Philosophy and Contemporary Nigerian Realities by Adeshina Afolayan

“…Premised on the fundamental assumption that Yorùbá philosophy constitutes a fundamental site of scholarship within which the task of understanding and reinventing the Nigerian state and societies can be achieved, the Introduction weaves this assumption into the analysis of the fourteen essays that explores Nigeria’s postcolonial realities ranging from overpopulation, public (im)morality, ethnic conflict, injustice, and democratic deficit to environmental degradation, disability, depersonalization, youth culture, and a glaring disconnection between educational theory and practice. …”
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The global financial crisis, neoclassical economics, and the neoliberal years of capitalism by Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira

“…From this crisis a new democratic capitalist system will emerge, though its character is difficult to predict. …”
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