The Lost World of 1916. Charles Peguy: Mystique & Politique

Luc Boltanski
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March 16, 2016

The Lost World of 1916. Charles Peguy: Mystique & Politique

Introduction Am I alone in my disappointment at how the centenary of 1916 is going? Certainly there is much to admire. The story...

Political Culture, The Public Sector

November 14, 2012

So Much Change, So Little Reflexivity

In this post, I explore how Boltanski’s and Thevenot’s analysis of social life as movement among different...

The Public Sector

September 26, 2012

Pity the Senior Civil Servant – Rewriting the Ministers and...

Minister Pat Rabbite does not believe that the crisis reveals weaknesses in our design for democracy. One might have expected his...

Frank Litton

Frank Litton is a lecturer in politics and public administration based in Dublin. In 2009 he retired from the Institute of Public Administration. He now writes about the role of the civil service in the financial crisis and the condition of Irish democracy.

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Just Muddling Through

Frank Litton on policy making, the civil service and the malaise of Ireland's democracy.

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