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More than sun and heat
MIGRANTS: An uneven book about people who move with a desire for a better life but encounter problems when they move «home» again.
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A world in stable motion
MIGRANTS: In 2018, the Collège de France established its own professorship in migration studies. Francois Héran was chosen to fill it, and the book Migrations et sociétés is an extended version of his accession lecture.
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It is «you whites» who created «us blacks»
AFRICA: It is false to strive for justice «at home» while constantly exploiting «over there», writes one of the contributors in a new anthology.
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Politics, spirituality, and religion under the African sun
AFRICA:: Religion gets too much room in analysis of African conflicts, states state scientist Jean-François Bayart.
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The power of mobilisation
AFRICA: Political resistance in Africa is led by the middle-class, while the poor gather in the streets.
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Foreign political shadow play
GEOPOLITICS: Laurent Larcher calls for openness, value proposition and debate on French foreign policy. The author claims that France's power elite conceal their real agenda behind meaningless statements and secrecy.
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Hidden everyday racism in France
RACISM: In our daily lives, we constantly sacrifice others' uniqueness, identity, and individuality on the altar of group belonging, writes the French political scientist Tania de Montaigne in her new book.
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Free markets are an illusion
CAPITALISM: John Mikler argues that the world's largest companies are economically superior to their competitors to such an extent it is wrong to speak of free competition.
