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« `...` individuals `are` now not so sensitive to what they possessed at one time as to what they fear losing or what they hope to gain. It is in a dynamic way that they increasingly consider their existence. "The individual-history", necessarily singular, has superimposed itself on the "individual-condition", more stablely identified with a group, itself formed around a central characteristic. (p. 22) »
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Pierre Rosanvallon
The Parliament of the Invisible |
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Pierre Rosanvallon
The Parliament of the Invisible
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« Let us be worried citizens, because in these moments of trial of the democracies that have passed through, without this concern, we will not have the lucidity and the courage to try to turn things around. »
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Pierre Rosanvallon
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Pierre Rosanvallon
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« For citizens, the lack of democracy means not being listened to, seeing decisions taken without consultation, ministers not assuming their responsibilities, leaders lying with impunity, a political world living in a vacuum and not being accountable enough, an administrative operation remaining opaque. »
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Pierre Rosanvallon
Good government |
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Pierre Rosanvallon
Good government
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