Section
Society
Social change, demographics, education, labour, migration and cohesion.
19 published articles
Overview
The Society section follows demographic and social change, education, labour, migration, inequality and social cohesion. It examines how these dynamics transform institutions, territories and living conditions.
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Civilizational Power: What Makes Societies Endure and Shape the World
In Seoul, a television series can inspire people thousands of miles away to learn Korean. In Fez, a medina preserves, through its streets, crafts and institutions of learning, a history that changes of regime have not erased. At an American university, students from several continents learn a way of producing knowledge as much as they earn a degree. In Mecca, the pilgrimage places individual journeys within a shared spiritual geography.
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SocietyDemocracy Without Readers: Information, Attention and Public Life in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Never before has humanity had access to so much information. Never has it been so easy to learn the result of an election on the other side of the world, consult a company’s accounts, read the text of a law, follow a war almost in real time, or access the publications of an inter
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SocietyRights, Women, Family: The Recomposition of the Social Order
For centuries, in most societies, the individual was not the fundamental unit of the social order. People belonged first to a family, lineage, community, caste, clan or religious order. Their rights, obligations, property, marriage and sometimes even occupation were largely deter
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SocietyBonnie & Clyde: Behind the Myth, America in the Great Depression
Introduction — Two Criminals Who Became an American Legend They died young, together, on a road in Louisiana. Bonnie Parker was 23. Clyde Barrow was 25. On May 23, 1934, six lawmen were waiting for them near Gibsland, in Bienville Parish. When the Ford V8 driven by Clyde slowed d
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SocietyElon Musk: Between Technological Power, Political Influence and Global Polarisation
Elon Musk can no longer be analysed simply as a successful entrepreneur. His influence now extends across the automotive industry, energy, space launch systems, satellite communications, artificial intelligence, social media and, indirectly, geopolitical power relations. Through
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SocietyThe Global Jet Set: The Mirror of a Borderless World
Over the past decades, globalization has transformed far more than trade, supply chains, and financial markets. It has also given rise to a social group whose lifestyle extends well beyond national borders: the global jet set. Comprising ultra-high-net-worth individuals, corporat
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SocietySocial Media: Between Progress, Influence, and Social Fragmentation
Over the past two decades, social media has evolved from a collection of communication platforms into one of the fundamental infrastructures of modern society. It influences how people access information, debate ideas, consume goods and services, work, maintain relationships, and