Les femmes politiques de 1944 à 1947 : quelle libération ?

Doit-on juger l'engagement des femmes politiques dans l'immédiat après-guerre à l'aune de deux cents ans de militantisme en pointillé ou de la situation actuellle de nos élues et autres dirigeantes ? C'est au travers de cette dialectique que l'on peut percevoir le sens de la première implication des Françaises dans le jeu public. Comment doit-on alors comprendre la « Libération » ? Est-ce uniquement une période très marquée de l'histoire de nos institutions et/ou un état de grâce qui a permis une meilleure redistribution du pouvoir ? Les événements qui se succèdent du débarquement à l'installation de la IVe République tendent à montrer que le pouvoir a été mieux réparti entre les genres mais ils n'augurent pas d'un changement radical des structures de l'édifice politique.William Guéraiche : The commitment of women in politics, 1944-1947 Should we be judging the commitment of women in politics in the years just after the war by the standards of two hundred years of irregular activism or by the present situation of our elected officials and other leaders ? This dialectic allows us to understand better the sense of French women's involvement in governement affairs immediately after the war. How can we understand the term « Liberation » ? Is it only a decisive period in the history of our institutions and/or a state of grâce that allowed a better redistribution of power ? All the events which followed the Normandy landing up to the establishment of the Fourth Republic tend to show that power was more equally shared between the sexes but that the Liberation didn't lead to radical changes in the structure of our political institutions

Policing America’s Empire. The United States, the Philippines and the Rise of the Surveillance State, Alfred McCoy

Alfred McCoy pourrait être le personnage d’un roman de Jim Harrison ou de Rick Bass, un chasseur qui à force de battre la forêt ou la montagne du Grand Nord en a acquis une connaissance intime, presque instinctive. Sa quête n’est pas celle du gibier à sensation ou de la leçon de morale mais celle de la connaissance, pour le pur plaisir de l’érudition et la réflexion. Son domaine s’étend sur les deux rives du Pacifique, aux Philippines et aux États-Unis voire au-delà comme sur les théâtres d’o..

Policing America’s Empire. The United States, the Philippines and the Rise of the Surveillance State, Alfred McCoy

Alfred McCoy pourrait être le personnage d’un roman de Jim Harrison ou de Rick Bass, un chasseur qui à force de battre la forêt ou la montagne du Grand Nord en a acquis une connaissance intime, presque instinctive. Sa quête n’est pas celle du gibier à sensation ou de la leçon de morale mais celle de la connaissance, pour le pur plaisir de l’érudition et la réflexion. Son domaine s’étend sur les deux rives du Pacifique, aux Philippines et aux États-Unis voire au-delà comme sur les théâtres d’o..

Le débat du 24 mars 1944 à l'Assemblée consultative d'Alger : « Les femmes seront électrices et éligibles dans les mêmes conditions que les hommes. »

Le débat du 24 mars 1944 peut s'interpréter comme l'achèvement d'une lutte qui remonte aux premières heures de la Révolution et comme l'aboutissement d'un processus législatif de courte durée. Ainsi, il convient de jouer sur les différents niveaux d'analyse pour comprendre exactement le sens de cet événement qui s'inscrit dans le débat général sur l'organisation des pouvoirs publics à la Libération ; le document met en exergue la discussion de l'article 16 sur la capacité civique des F..

Family policies in the UAE: what is at stake?

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has paid a great deal of attention to families since the beginning of the century. Three factors may explain the rationale behind the public policies in this domain. First, like in the other GCC states, the demographic transition has transformed the "nationals" into minorities in their own country. To stabilize the local population, families have been thought of a strong leverage to maintain a high birth rate. Second, families are, with the tribal heritage, the main pillar of the "tradition". The social contract between the ruling families and their citizens in the emirates is the cornerstone of social and political stability. Third, with the promotion of women at all stages of the Emirati society, their role has been discussed. Indeed, they are perceived as the bearers of tradition but the massive entry of women into the workforce (46% in the UAE and 66% in the government sector as of 2014) has affected their roles in the family, leading to trends such as late marriage and divorce. The federation and the local governments have tried to address the main issues related to families. For instance, in Dubai, because family business represents 75% of the business in the region, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority, announced in 2006 the launch of a Family Office. In 2018, the federal government drafted the National Family Policy whose objective has been to find a balance between tradition and modernity. Six main areas were identified: marriage, family relations, balances of roles, child protection, family protection and "re-engineering the provision of family services to achieve family happiness". The ministry of Community Development is supposed to coordinate the federal and local actions

Le progrès en Occident au XXe siècle : perspectives de recherches

L’idée de progrès est au cœur de la pensée occidentale depuis plus de deux siècles. William Guéraiche ouvre ici la voie d’une recherche historique autour des usages de l’idée de progrès au cours du XXe siècle, en confrontant l’évolution de ces usages aux évolutions économiques et sociales, sources de grande violence, de ce monde occidental

Jessica Zafra, Pinoy Election. A Guide For Dismayado

Guéraiche William. Jessica Zafra, Pinoy Election. A Guide For Dismayado. In: Aséanie 14, 2004. pp. 204-206

The UAE’s Innovative Diplomacy: How the Abraham Accords Changed (or Did Not Change) Emirati Foreign Policy

What is the meaning of the Abraham Accords signed in 2020? Are they a turning point in Emirati diplomacy or the culmination of an evolution which began in the wake of the Arab Spring? More the former than the latter because major changes already occurred. Over time, the Emirati leadership has wanted to turn the United Arab Emirates (UAE) into the Switzerland of the Middle East. Strong on economic development and cooperation, the Federation has tried to pacify relations with all countries. Its ability to assimilate good practices and ideas from beyond the Western world is probably the main reason for its success, yet, the UAE has not hesitated to put into practice Western variations of soft power, with a focus on the organization of international events such as Expo 2020 or the COP 28. Such international cooperation, which encompasses fields such as humanitarianism, development, foreign aid, and assistance, is perhaps not innovative per se, but it does mark a new trend in Emirati foreign policy, with which the Abraham Accords are consistent