Christophe Boutin
Encyclopedia
Christophe Boutin is a French political scientist
. Doctor of political sciences and public law, he is a professor at the Université de Caen, after having been on the staff of the Université de Bourgogne.
After a thesis on the political thought of Julius Evola
, he focused his research on electoral
studies, the question of decentralisation
and on political parties
in France.
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
. Doctor of political sciences and public law, he is a professor at the Université de Caen, after having been on the staff of the Université de Bourgogne.
After a thesis on the political thought of Julius Evola
Julius Evola
Barone Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola also known as Julius Evola, was an Italian philosopher and esotericist...
, he focused his research on electoral
Election
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...
studies, the question of decentralisation
Décentralisation
Décentralisation is a french word for both a policy concept in French politics from 1968-1990, and a term employed to describe the results of observations of the evolution of spatial economic and institutional organization of France....
and on political parties
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
in France.
Publications
- Politique et tradition. Julius Evola dans le siècle (1898–1974), Paris, Éditions Kimé, 1992.
- With Frédéric Rouvillois, Quinquennat ou septennat ?, Paris, Flammarion, 2000.
- (ed.) with Frédéric Rouvillois, L'abstention électorale, apaisement ou épuisement, lecture, 29–30 November 2001, Organised by CENTRE (Centre d'études normand sur la théorie et la régulation de l'État), Paris, F.-X. de Guibert, 2002.
- (ed) with Frédéric Rouvillois, Décentraliser en France. Idéologies, histoire et prospective, CENTRE lecture, 28 and 29 November 2002, Caen, Paris, F.-X. de Guibert, 2003.
- (ed.) with Frédéric Rouvillois, Partis politiques et démocratie. Inséparables mais incompatibles, CENTRE lecture, November 2004, Caen, Paris, F.-X. de Guibert, 2005.
- Gens de mer au travail, work coordinated by Christophe Boutin, Jean-Louis Lenhof, Élisabeth Ridel, published by Pôle Maritime, introduction by André Zysberg, Caen, Maison de la recherche en sciences humaines de Caen, 2007.