Collectionner par-delà nature et culture

Ce dossier propose d’interroger les pratiques de collecte, de collection et de mise en exposition à la rencontre entre le domaine des sciences naturelles et celui des sciences sociales. En focalisant sur les espaces de connexion entre collections naturalistes et collections ethnographiques, archéologiques et artistiques, il s’agit de décrire les brouillages ontologiques, les emprunts méthodologiques et les conséquences épistémologiques de ces collectes et collections mixtes. Ce dossier propose une perspective interdisciplinaire sur les collectes et les collections mixtes, en privilégiant les approches historique et anthropologique.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Not saying, not doing: Convergences, contingencies and causal mechanisms of state reform and decentralisation in Hollande’s France

Are States in contemporary Europe subject to new forms of convergence under the impact of economic crisis, enhanced European steering and international monitoring? Or is the evolution of governance (national and sub-national) driven fundamentally by diverging, mainly domestic pressures? Drawing on extensive new data, the article combines analysis of the State Modernisation and Decentralisation reform programmes of the Hollande–Ayrault administration, drawing comparisons where appropriate with the previous Sarkozy regime. The limits of President Hollande’s anti-Sarkozy method were demonstrated in the first 2 years; framing state reform and decentralisation in negative terms prevented the emergence of a coherent legitimising discourse. The empirical data is interpreted with reference to a comparative ‘States of Convergence’ framework, which is conceptualised as a heuristic device for analysing variation between places, countries and policy fields. The article concludes that the forces of hard convergence are gaining ground, as economic, epistemic and European pressures continually challenge the forces of institutional inertia

China's Peripheral Diplomacy: Repeating Europe's Errors in Dealing with the Neighbourhood

[[abstract]]The European Union (EU) and China are on a quest to establish themselves as global actors. Still, both powers first need to create a stable neighbourhood that will not threaten their interests. Consequently, in 2004 the EU launched the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), while in 2013 China’s Peripheral Diplomacy (CPD) was introduced. Against this background, this article aims to conduct a comparative analysis of both initiatives. Specifically, as there is a wide agreement that the ENP has failed to generate any impact on the EU’s periphery, the research question is: To what extent could the CPD transcend the problems of its European counterpart? The article posits that both policies are rather similar in their inability to strike the right balance between protecting core interests and acknowledging the neighbours’ needs. Thus, it is likely that the CPD, just like the ENP, will remain a policy with big potential but without effective results.[[notice]]補正完