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PhD candidate analysing the selection of leaders within French political parties: between a façade of democratisation and ultra-personalisation, I investigate the « secret garden » that makes and breaks our candidates 🔍🗳️

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L’université destinée aux classes moyennes tel un pis-aller

Ceci posé, l’expression «grande école de la classe moyenne» est une aubaine pour l’herméneute. Enfin, on dit ce qui pour nombre de politiques constitue leur idée de l’enseignement supérieur : puisqu’il existe des «grandes écoles» au sens strict, celles-ci ne sont pas destinées aux classes moyennes, et constituent ainsi l’apanage des classes supérieures. En retour, l’université est destinée aux classes moyennes, validant l’idée qu’elle constitue un pis-aller ; au lieu d’être, selon sa définition initiale, un autre type de formation, elle est une version dévaluée de l’X, Normale, Centrale, etc.

Par cette formulation inouïe, on entérine sans scrupules la reproduction sociale. Les grandes écoles au sens strict sont des outils de reconduction des élites économiques. L’université s’avère, elle, un outil de reproduction des classes moyennes, puisque seules les vraies grandes écoles permettent les métiers d’élite. La combinaison de ces «grandes écoles» à deux vitesses assure la persistance du clivage de classes.

Il s’agit là d’une rupture radicale avec la manière dont le système français fut conçu. Les écoles, comme leurs noms l’indiquent, préparaient un métier spécifique : les Mines, les Ponts et Chaussées, les Télécom… Même si les diplômés faisaient ensuite des carrières qui n’ont pas grand-chose à voir avec eux, l’onomastique laissait entendre un contraste avec l’université, qui, elle, a l’universel pour mission. Si les universités deviennent des écoles, et même des écoles pour les semi-pauvres, alors l’université perd sa vocation universelle.

L’université destinée aux classes moyennes tel un pis-aller Ceci posé, l’expression «grande école de la classe moyenne» est une aubaine pour l’herméneute. Enfin, on dit ce qui pour nombre de politiques constitue leur idée de l’enseignement supérieur : puisqu’il existe des «grandes écoles» au sens strict, celles-ci ne sont pas destinées aux classes moyennes, et constituent ainsi l’apanage des classes supérieures. En retour, l’université est destinée aux classes moyennes, validant l’idée qu’elle constitue un pis-aller ; au lieu d’être, selon sa définition initiale, un autre type de formation, elle est une version dévaluée de l’X, Normale, Centrale, etc. Par cette formulation inouïe, on entérine sans scrupules la reproduction sociale. Les grandes écoles au sens strict sont des outils de reconduction des élites économiques. L’université s’avère, elle, un outil de reproduction des classes moyennes, puisque seules les vraies grandes écoles permettent les métiers d’élite. La combinaison de ces «grandes écoles» à deux vitesses assure la persistance du clivage de classes. Il s’agit là d’une rupture radicale avec la manière dont le système français fut conçu. Les écoles, comme leurs noms l’indiquent, préparaient un métier spécifique : les Mines, les Ponts et Chaussées, les Télécom… Même si les diplômés faisaient ensuite des carrières qui n’ont pas grand-chose à voir avec eux, l’onomastique laissait entendre un contraste avec l’université, qui, elle, a l’universel pour mission. Si les universités deviennent des écoles, et même des écoles pour les semi-pauvres, alors l’université perd sa vocation universelle.

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Formidable tribune de Philippe Huneman sur le passé, l'avenir et le futur de la dualité Université/Grandes écoles dans la tête d'une grande partie des dirigeant·es en place

www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

01.08.2025 07:26 — 👍 74    🔁 50    💬 6    📌 6
Zohran and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

Zohran and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

Zohran holding a mic addressing a crowd at a park with elected official standing behind him.

Zohran holding a mic addressing a crowd at a park with elected official standing behind him.

Zohran posing with a woman taking a selfie.

Zohran posing with a woman taking a selfie.

Wonderful to join Speaker Carl Heastie at his annual BBQ at Haffen Park in the Bronx today.

12.07.2025 23:14 — 👍 1685    🔁 148    💬 29    📌 8
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📍J'étais présent à l'IEP de Lille au colloque sur la "sélection des candidat-es par les partis politiques", pour présenter l'avancement de ma thèse sur la (re)connexion opérée à Lyon, en 2020, entre @lesecologistes.fr et le milieu militant local. Et il faisait vachement moins chaud que chez nous 🥵

01.07.2025 07:41 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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When do parties go digital? Examining the drivers of internal and external party digitalisation - Adrià Mompó, Marco Meloni, Oscar Barberà, Fabio Lupato, Giulia Sandri, Felix von Nostitz, 2025 Our paper investigates the drivers of party digitalisation, measuring the influence of environmental factors, inter-party competition and party characteristics ...

🚀 Just published! Our study in Party Politics investigates what drives political parties to digitalise internally (member engagement) & externally (campaigning)
✅ Bigger parties digitalise participation more
✅ Competition boosts digitalisation
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#DigitalPolitics

30.05.2025 07:29 — 👍 19    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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La meute, un livre qui nous apprend autant sur le journalisme que sur LFI - AOC media La Meute livre des informations utiles, donne à entendre des voix critiques, documente des faits que les instances dirigeantes de LFI auraient tort de minimiser. Mais il faut lire l'ouvrage de Charlot...

Manuel Cervera-Marzal se livre ici à un utile exercice comparant son livre sur La France Insoumise à La Meute. D'un côté un savoir sociologique nourri de comparaison et de contextualisation, de l'autre un savoir journalistique qui "exceptionnalise" et "psychologise". aoc.media/analyse/2025...

02.06.2025 16:28 — 👍 47    🔁 17    💬 1    📌 1
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« La sélection des candidats dans les partis politiques contemporains » c’est demain à Sciences Po Lille ! J’ai le plaisir d’avoir participé à l’organisation et de présenter une communication sur la sélection des candidats parlementaires travaillistes

25.06.2025 17:32 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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They (don’t) really care about us: youth representation in Portuguese political parties - European Political Science Political parties rely on youth wings for the political representation and mobilisation of youth. This article examines the role of youth wings within political parties; youth wing members assess the ...

Super interesting new article on the role of youth wings in representing youth in Portugal by Carlos Jalali, Patrícia Silva & Edna Costa!

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

12.06.2025 09:31 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
Colloque "La sélection des candidats dans les partis politiques contemporains"

#PoliticalScience #Elections #Democracy #ComparativePolitics

www.sciencespo-lille.eu/actualites/c...

29.05.2025 21:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🎯 5 panels thématiques : transformations partisanes, centralisation, démocratie interne, ressources de recrutement, filières externes
🎤 Conférences de Giulia Sandri (IA et partis politiques) et Michel Offerlé (candidatures ouvrières historiques)
💻 Diffusion simultanée sur Zoom

29.05.2025 21:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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📅 26-27 juin 2025 à Sciences Po Lille : colloque international "La sélection des candidats dans les partis politiques contemporains". Comment les partis choisissent-ils leurs candidats ?
@clemenceleveque, @denisrayer.bsky.social, @cechene.bsky.social

29.05.2025 21:50 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Les 26-27.06 à SciencesPoLille, colloque "La sélection des candidats dans les partis politiques contemporains". Joie d'être du comité scientifique/constater la qualité des papiers arrivés ! @ludovicgrave.bsky.social @denisrayer.bsky.social @cechene.bsky.social

ceraps.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/us...

01.04.2025 16:43 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Is there a ‘Youthquake’? The Structure of Party Competition and Age Differences in Voting - Ruth Dassonneville, Ian McAllister, 2025 Why do age differences matter for voting in some countries and not in others? Despite the prevailing narrative that a ‘youthquake’ in voting is occurring across...

New paper out at @cpsjournal.bsky.social! With Ian McAllister, we examine how party competition and party positions condition the presence and size of an age gap in voting for the left. A short 🧵 below!

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

20.03.2025 09:09 — 👍 111    🔁 42    💬 1    📌 2
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🚨 New paper out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social w Patrick van Erkel & @lindabos.bsky.social

What drives changes in radical partisanship over time?

TLDR: #NeedforChaos and #ExpressivePartisanship drive radicalisation & slow down de-radicalisation

Paper tinyurl.com/mr46r35u
Data 🇳🇱 osf.io/ma6u7

20.03.2025 08:35 — 👍 43    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 0
Ausländer Raus | 2024 Summer Hit | Audio Visualizer
YouTube video by Right Wing & Beyond Ausländer Raus | 2024 Summer Hit | Audio Visualizer

Auslander Raus (les étrangers dehors) cet été (youtu.be/v1pt3wr4sVE)
La chanson a été interdite en tribune lors du dernier euro pour cette raison (www.leparisien.fr/sports/footb...)
Enfin il sert surtout à produire des édits antisemites sur les réseaux sociaux (www.instagram.com/reel/DHQ9eZs...)

20.03.2025 08:08 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

@franceinter.fr dans la matinale vous avez présenté des « édits paneuropeens » des réseaux sociaux. Dans la séquence vous avez passé l’audio d’un remix de « amour toujours » en le présentant comme le nouvel hymne de l’UE.
Or cette musique est un marqueur de l’extrême droite, qui chantait… (1/2)

20.03.2025 08:08 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education
To add your name to this statement, go to https://bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign

We publicly affirm our commitment to the enterprise of higher education in a democratic and free society, and to the values and practices that facilitate the production, advancement, and sharing of knowledge. Given the continuous and escalating attacks on higher education along with many other pillars of American democracy by the Trump administration and its allies, we call on colleges and universities to protect these values.

We affirm that:

The democratic ideals of free thought, free speech, free association, freedom of assembly and the right to dissent are worth fighting for. Democracy both honors our dignity as individuals and enables collective action on behalf of the common good.

(Image of a google doc; first line is title & in larger font) Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education To add your name to this statement, go to https://bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign We publicly affirm our commitment to the enterprise of higher education in a democratic and free society, and to the values and practices that facilitate the production, advancement, and sharing of knowledge. Given the continuous and escalating attacks on higher education along with many other pillars of American democracy by the Trump administration and its allies, we call on colleges and universities to protect these values. We affirm that: The democratic ideals of free thought, free speech, free association, freedom of assembly and the right to dissent are worth fighting for. Democracy both honors our dignity as individuals and enables collective action on behalf of the common good.


2. Education is a fundamental pillar of a democratic society. People come from all over the world to take part in the free exchange of ideas and the depth of knowledge and expertise found in US colleges and universities. The capacity and tools these institutions provide to think carefully and deeply about politics, society, and the built and natural worlds produce scholars and world citizens whose contributions benefit us all. The value of American education has long been a consensus position across parties and ideologies; both Democratic and Republican administrations have supported our system of higher education. 

3. Diversity is essential. Democracy requires that we invest fully in the rich array of our differences. We affirm the fundamental dignity and value of each person of every race, ethnicity, national origin, class, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, legal status, religion, identity, ideology and viewpoint. Bringing together people with different experiences, talents, and perspectives is critical to a successful learning environment and ultimately benefits society as a whole. 

4. Education, knowledge, and science are intrinsically worthwhile. They improve both individual lives and the collective well-being of a democratic society. Cutting funding risks inflicting lasting damage on scholarly inquiry, from work in the arts to social policy to life-saving medical research and care.

2. Education is a fundamental pillar of a democratic society. People come from all over the world to take part in the free exchange of ideas and the depth of knowledge and expertise found in US colleges and universities. The capacity and tools these institutions provide to think carefully and deeply about politics, society, and the built and natural worlds produce scholars and world citizens whose contributions benefit us all. The value of American education has long been a consensus position across parties and ideologies; both Democratic and Republican administrations have supported our system of higher education. 3. Diversity is essential. Democracy requires that we invest fully in the rich array of our differences. We affirm the fundamental dignity and value of each person of every race, ethnicity, national origin, class, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, legal status, religion, identity, ideology and viewpoint. Bringing together people with different experiences, talents, and perspectives is critical to a successful learning environment and ultimately benefits society as a whole. 4. Education, knowledge, and science are intrinsically worthwhile. They improve both individual lives and the collective well-being of a democratic society. Cutting funding risks inflicting lasting damage on scholarly inquiry, from work in the arts to social policy to life-saving medical research and care.

5. Academic freedom is necessary to the pursuit of knowledge. Research must be conducted free from political threat if it is to identify and develop ideas serving the human race. These ideas, turned into action, are critical elements of any functioning society, including the rule of law, medical care, and scientific advancement.

6. No amount of accommodation or compliance will protect us. The current attacks on higher education amount to an assault on the foundational principles of democracy. If we abandon our commitments to equality, pluralism, and free scholarly inquiry we turn our backs on the most essential ingredients to our democracy: reflecting on our past, pooling our present talents, and investing in our future. 

As scholars, educators, and people who care about our students and our democracy, we believe it is our duty to speak out against the attacks on diversity and pluralism, on scholarship and learning, on academic freedom, and on democracy itself. We are doing so through this statement, and will continue to do so on our campuses and beyond. 

We urge the leaders of America’s colleges and universities, and every American who believes in democracy and education, to stand up for the values we share.  

We call on college and university leadership to refuse to comply with the unethical, irresponsible and frequently illegal demands of the Trump administration; to join together to speak out in defense of the values of academic freedom, scholarship and research; to protect their students and faculty from government reprisals; and to fight attacks on our institutions in the public sphere and the legal arena.

5. Academic freedom is necessary to the pursuit of knowledge. Research must be conducted free from political threat if it is to identify and develop ideas serving the human race. These ideas, turned into action, are critical elements of any functioning society, including the rule of law, medical care, and scientific advancement. 6. No amount of accommodation or compliance will protect us. The current attacks on higher education amount to an assault on the foundational principles of democracy. If we abandon our commitments to equality, pluralism, and free scholarly inquiry we turn our backs on the most essential ingredients to our democracy: reflecting on our past, pooling our present talents, and investing in our future. As scholars, educators, and people who care about our students and our democracy, we believe it is our duty to speak out against the attacks on diversity and pluralism, on scholarship and learning, on academic freedom, and on democracy itself. We are doing so through this statement, and will continue to do so on our campuses and beyond. We urge the leaders of America’s colleges and universities, and every American who believes in democracy and education, to stand up for the values we share. We call on college and university leadership to refuse to comply with the unethical, irresponsible and frequently illegal demands of the Trump administration; to join together to speak out in defense of the values of academic freedom, scholarship and research; to protect their students and faculty from government reprisals; and to fight attacks on our institutions in the public sphere and the legal arena.

A key step in fighting the Trump admin's attacks on higher education specifically and democracy more broadly is to say as clearly as we can that we share values that are meaningful and that we will not stand by while our institutions are destroyed.

You can do that here:
bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd

19.03.2025 14:12 — 👍 921    🔁 310    💬 19    📌 42
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French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched

French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

19.03.2025 22:13 — 👍 45    🔁 16    💬 5    📌 8
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Rétrospectivement intéressant puisque 1984 n’est plus dans les bibliothèques des écoles US et que Trump se fait insulter par le fils de Musk dans le bureau oval

05.03.2025 09:37 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I must admit that I was thrown off by the Bourdieu reference, but this is a very interesting contribution to the "cleavage politics" literature that should be read together with the groundbreaking new Cambridge Elements by Bornschier et al.

20.02.2025 20:43 — 👍 98    🔁 16    💬 6    📌 2

@ClemenceLvq,
@denisrayer.bsky.social, @cechene.bsky.social

26.01.2025 14:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nous organisons un colloque sur la sélection des candidats dans les partis politiques contemporains à Sciences Po Lille les 26 et 27 juin. Les propositions de com sont à envoyer par mail à l’adresse
colloquecandidats2025@gmail.com avant le 17 mars.

ceraps.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/us...

26.01.2025 14:13 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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We're going to Seoul!

@ammassarisofia.bsky.social, @dafnoukos.bsky.social, @benstanley.eu, @rheinisch.bsky.social

23.01.2025 08:05 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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(I don’t know why) I go to extremes: Examining left- and right-wing American alternative media use, the role of populism, and extremist attitudes This study examined the correlations between alternative media use and extremist attitudes, populist attitudes and extremist attitudes, and whether populist attitudes moderated the correlation betw...

I guess now is as good of a time as any for my first post on here.

🚨Check out our new publication out now examining hyperpartisan/alt media use in the US on both the left and right and its relationship with extremist attitudes:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

10.11.2024 23:44 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Ami•es journalistes, si vous cherchez le spécialiste de François Bayrou, c’est Julien Fretel @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social - de rien.

13.12.2024 12:44 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Erna Solberg er ikke lenger dronningen på høyresiden Høyre og Frp er ett mandat fra å regjere alene, med Sylvi Listhaug i førersetet.

Incroyable come back du Parti du Progrès dans les sondages en Norvège. En tête devant les conservateurs et les sociaux démocrates.

www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/2024...

12.12.2024 10:03 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
(I don’t know why) I go to extremes: Examining left- and right-wing American alternative media use, the role of populism, and extremist attitudes

(I don’t know why) I go to extremes: Examining left- and right-wing American alternative media use, the role of populism, and extremist attitudes

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Far-left and far-right self-reported news exposure is correlated with extremist attitudes with populist attitudes not moderating this relationship, finds
@brittanyrs.bsky.social @elianadub.bsky.social Hutchens & Gonzalez doi.org/10.1080/0362...

09.12.2024 20:06 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Congrès de Renaissance : la lente normalisation du parti présidentiel Fondé par et pour Emmanuel Macron, Renaissance est un parti personnel et « entrepreneurial » qui a pour défi de survivre à son créateur. Plusieurs changements de statuts l’entraînent vers un modèle p…

Fondé par et pour Macron, Renaissance est un parti personnel et «entrepreneurial» qui a pour défi de survivre à son créateur. Des changements de statuts l’entraînent vers un modèle plus classique, mais le chemin d’une véritable institutionnalisation reste cahoteux. www.mediapart.fr/journal/poli...

08.12.2024 09:55 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Congrès de Renaissance : la lente normalisation du parti présidentiel Fondé par et pour Emmanuel Macron, Renaissance est un parti personnel et « entrepreneurial » qui a pour défi de survivre à son créateur. Plusieurs changements de statuts l’entraînent vers un modèle p…

www.mediapart.fr/journal/poli...

07.12.2024 20:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This conceptualization is enriched by Brunnerová's (2020) empirical research 'Not all political entrepreneurs are created equal', which examines the differentiated institutionalization trajectories of these political formations in Central Europe. 3/3

07.12.2024 20:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

@ludovicgrave is following 20 prominent accounts