Laurent BOUVET
Professor of Political Science and Political Theory at the University of Nice (France).
Graduate from Sciences Po (Paris) in 1989, he obtained his Master in Political Sociology from L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris) in 1994 and holds a Doctorate in Political Studies from EHESS (1998). He focused on explaining the theoretical evolution of the American liberalism from the 60s to now. His doctoral dissertation was awarded by the “Marie-France Toinet Prize” (given by the Société d’Etudes Nord-Américaines, France) in 1998.
He was a National Fellow for doctoral studies (a 3-year fellowship, 1994-97) at the Centre de Recherches Politiques Raymond-Aron (EHESS). He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Chicago (Committee on Social Thought, 1995) and at Princeton University (Tocqueville Fellow of the French-American Foundation, Committee on European Studies, 1997). And he was also a Postdoctoral Lavoisier Fellow at the University of Siena in Italy (Philosophy and Social Sciences Departement, 1998).
He became ‘chargé de cours’ (i.e. Assistant Professor) at Sorbonne (Université Paris I) in 1998, then ‘maître de conférences‘ (i.e. Associate Professor) at the University of Lille II in 1999, and ‘professeur des universités’ (i.e. Full Professor) at the University of Nice in 2001 after succeeding at the ‘agrégation de science politique’ (the national examination for university full professorship in political science).
And he has been a non permanent Professor of political theory at Sciences Po since 1998.
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Teaching mainly Political Theory and History of Political Ideas, he also gives courses in International Relations (history and theories), American Politics, European and French Politics (parties, civic culture, institutions).
His research interests are focused on contemporary political thought (particularly in USA, Great Britain and more generally English-speaking countries), history of political ideas and doctrines (particularly liberalism and socialism), and contemporary politics in France, USA and European Union.
He is preparing several books as an author : one on political thought in context in the USA (provisionally titled : Du Libéralisme en Amérique, forthcoming in 2010) and one on French socialism.
His main publications include:
- as an author: Le Communautarisme. Mythes et réalités (Lignes de Repères, 2007);
- as an editor : Dictionnaire des sciences politiques et sociales (Sirey, 2004)
- and as a co-author : Le Fédéraliste. La démocratie apprivoisée (with T. Chopin, Michalon, 1997); France-Allemagne: le bond en avant (with J. Delors & K. Lamers, Odile Jacob, 1998 ); L’année zéro de la gauche (with L. Baumel, Michalon, 2003).
He has also co-written textbooks for undergrade students in politics: Les enjeux du débat public contemporain (La Découverte, 1999); Manuel de culture générale (Hachette, 2001, 2005 & 2008); La culture générale à Sciences Po (Armand Colin, 2001, 2006 & SEDES, 2009).
He is the author of a large number of articles and book chapters on American and British political thought and politics published in French, Italian and English-speaking journals and collective books. He also translated in French the volumes on ‘Third Way’ by Anthony Giddens and Tony Blair (included in La troisième voie, Le Seuil, 2002).
He is a member of the editorial board and the scientific committee of several journals and institutions: Cadres CFDT, Le Banquet, Observatoire européen des politiques universitaires, Fondation Terra Nova. And he was the ‘Régénération’ series editor at Editions Michalon (a Paris-based publishing house, 2002-2008), the co-founder and first secretary general of La République des Idées (a Paris-based think tank, 2001-2002) and the Chief Editor of La Revue Socialiste (the theoretical journal of the French Socialist Party, 1998-2001).
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Contact
UNIVERSITE DE NICE
Faculté de droit / Laboratoire ERMES
Avenue du Doyen-Trotabas
06050 Nice cedex 1
tel. : +33 492 157 068
e-mail : bouvet@unice.fr
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