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Daniel Cohen
Daniel Cohen is Professor of Economics, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
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Veils of Ignorance
Daniel Cohen Series: The Worldly Philosophers 2004-04-14France's decision to ban Muslim female students from wearing headscarves in public schools was made in the name of separation of State and Church, an old and querulous question in French history. But passage of that law also revealed something else: how difficult it is for French people to deal with what Americans refer to as the minorities issue . ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 19106
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The Decline of France?
Daniel Cohen Series: European Economies 2003-11-03The French are notoriously sensitive--if not defensive--about France's stature in the world. The French state spends vast amounts of money to propagate the French language and French culture, yet the French are painfully aware that the global position of their country is not what it once was. ... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 0 Read: 18431
