Multiculturalism is an increasingly important concept in today’s societies. The author Charles Taylor dedicates to it a book entitled “Multiculturalism. Difference and Democracy”. Here is a summary of the book. …
Why is Alexis de Tocqueville Often classified on the right? These extracts will give you the beginning of an answer. Solidarity between poor and rich in the future In a …
Abraham Lincoln, in his Gettysburg Address, gave this famous definition of democracy: ” Government of the people, by the people, for the people.’ While this image of democracy has remained …
By the law of July 29, 1913, the elector is bound to the secrecy of the vote. Thus, secrecy remains a constituent of the French democracy, at the time of …
In Book I of the In the Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau starts by defining his project. It is a question of finding a rule of administration which is legitimate and …
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès was born in 1748. In 1774, he became a priest, but without a vocation. He held several important positions, but became truly famous in 1788, when he published …
