“Nothing is no longer certain than death”, as a very famous proverb claims. In fact, behind this seemingly simple and banal sentence, many theoretical and practical questions are hidden. We are biological beings and while the finality of human life is indisputable, the way to design and define ‘eter...

Space research is strategic in nature, its applications are numerous and its role in forming a high-level community is indisputable. The need for an ambitious space policy at the level of the enlarged Union, with autonomous access to space, was therefore affirmed by the White Paper for a European Sp...

The study of Tunisian Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs) difficulties to access to funds shows that these enterprises experience a “banking integration deficit” that can be explained by credit rationing theory. The reluctance of Tunisian banks to become involved in SMEs' financing is largely e...

France and the construction of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), since the beginning of sixties to the present day.This thesis focuses on the implementation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), initiated in 1998-1999 by the Sorbonne-Bologna process, and whose policy-maker often vil...

The general States of the education held in Yaoundé in 1995, consequences of the teaching movements following the wage cuts of 1993, on labor-union pressure, allowed to make the diagnosis of the Cameroonian education system generally and the teaching profession in particular. If the conclusions of t...

In this paper, the author concludes that the collective bargaining model will be able to preserve the most vital features of the intellectual community.

This book entitled Pionnières de l’Education des Adult contains eleven portraits of women engaged in the XIX and the 20th Century in nine chapters. Their great diversity both in terms of nationality, social background, intellectual education, political culture and the concrete form of adult educatio...

The counter-insurgency conducted by the US army in Iraq is insufficiently analysed in the light of its strengths and weaknesses, but also of its successes and limitations. This article calls, through an empirical study, to analyse the links between speeches and practices, but also to assess their im...

Since 1 January 2007, institutions for occupational retirement provision have been subject to an innovative legal framework. Four years later, it seems appropriate to take stock of the existing or new achievements and weaknesses of this new regime.

Actes of the Colloquium of the University of Pécs (Hungary), entitled ‘Kultúrák vonzásában. AZ újlatin filológia aktuális kerdései a XXI. században "(Crop farming. Current challenges of Roman philology in the twenty-first century) of 10 and 11 November 2011. In March 1936, the remilitarisation of th...

International audience Within the Mediterranean QUBIC project centered on innovations developing biodiversity, we approach the points of view of the pig breeders in extensive systems based on local breeds, on their insertion in the dynamics of territorial development. A questionnaire including 4 par...

The states of French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa, richly endowed with minerals, have achieved independence with a major handicap of underdevelopment, characterized by the rupture of the social contract. These states and their new leaders have, quite logically, put mining investments at the center of...

initially gave a quick update on the work of social sciences on scientific expertise in the late 80s. He then assumes that there is a significant change in the 90s: institutional changes related in particular to new social issues of expertise due to the succession of crises and health security issue...

Since 1992, the Rhône-Alpes Region has launched an active policy of helping live performances, supporting multidisciplinary cultural spaces on the basis of their artistic project. Since then, it has continuously stepped up its efforts to promote the live performance, by setting up a network of the R...

The report is one of the key technologies documents in the European Union. He gave an update on the biotechnology industry in Europe. It examines the socio-economic aspects, the different areas of application, its strengths and weaknesses. A final part provides a forward-looking analysis of the biot...

The prison has long been a greg area. Today, many eyes are focused on it, promoting the recognition and evolution of the positive rights of the imprisoned person which continue to expand and become generalized at a time when the issue of prisoners' rights is part of the integral part of the general...

'np pagenum = “81”/bThe economic difficulties facing Algeria since the fall in oil prices in 2014 provide an opportunity to reflect on new approaches to diversifying its economy and its integration into the international exchange of high-tech products and services. This paper seeks to address this i...

International audience Sampling populations without clear administrative boundaries is a major issue in social sciences. Some solutions have, however, been proposed in order to gather reliable data on this kind of populations. The Respondant Driven Sampling (RDS) undoubtedly figures as the most wide...

The concept of development aid made its intrusion in history shortly after the Second World War. Title XIII of the constitution of October 4, 1958 outlined the policy of co-operation. The General De Gaulle intended to solve the dilemma : to fold up the Tricolour without breaking the historical bonds...

Do international institutions contribute to peace-building? It could be doubtful, so much criticism is evoked: shortcomings, shortcomings and the interests of the most powerful states. Diplomates, academics and practitioners of these institutions are more nuanced. From a realistic and constructive p...

Ce chapitre conclusif revient sur les apports et les faiblesses ou angles morts de la sociologie francophone de la vieillesse et du vieillissement. Il met en lumière les enjeux de ce champ sociologique en cours de constitution.

This study examines the role metaphorical thought has played in the reconstruction of confidence in financial media in the Arab and Western worlds after the 2008 global financial crisis. Two strands of linguistic research are used: Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Cognitive Linguistics (CL). I...