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Browsing RSCAS Articles by Author "MENY, Yves"
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Title:Democracy in Troubled Times
Author(s):MENY, YvesDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Democracies are fragile constructions. The apparently overwhelming expansion of democratic regimes should not, however, hide their intrinsic weaknesses. The paper examines how five (hypo)theses proposed by the author 10 ...
Title:Political Science as a Profession
Author(s):MENY, YvesDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:A discipline cannot pretend to be such if political borders are reflected in its organisation, methodologies or practices. While pluralistic approaches are highly desirable, it is crucial for any discipline worthy of the ...
Title:An ‘Institutional’ Triangle with only Two Poles?
Author(s):MENY, YvesDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The ingredients which made the Common Market and then the European Union unique are still in place.
Those who originally conceived these institutions created a framework which had no equivalent amongst the existing tools ...
Title:La costitutiva ambiguità del populismo
Author(s):MENY, YvesDate:2004Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Populism is the exacerbated expression of the ambiguity of people's place within democratic institutions, particularly at times where the political systems do not function properly, and it is the indication of a democratic ...
Title:The Achievements of the Convention
Author(s):MENY, YvesDate:2003Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Building democracy at the supernational level is an unprecedented task, but so once was building democracy at the level of the modern state. By today's standards we would not likely classify France, Britain, or the United ...
Title:De La Démocratie en Europe: Old Concepts and New Challenges
Author(s):MENY, YvesDate:2003Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Since David Marquand coined his famous phrase 'democratic deficit' to describe the functioning of the European Community, the debate has raged about the extent and content of this deficit. However, little attention has ...
Title:De la démocratie en Europe: Old Concepts and New Challenges
Author(s):MENY, YvesDate:2003Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Since David Marquand coined his famous phrase 'democratic deficit' to describe the functioning of the European Community, the debate has raged about the extent and content of this deficit. However, little attention has ...