Joseph Wresinski (1917-1988)

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Chronic poverty and exclusion
Wresinski colloquium, Paris, December 18th 2008

Plenary session presided by Jean-Claude Casanova, President of The National foundation of Political Sciences.


- JOSEPH WRESINSKI, LES PLUS PAUVRES ET L’UNIVERSITE : UN RENDEZ-VOUS A NE PAS MANQUER, Jean Tonglet, Director of Joseph Wresinski International Centre.

- LES PLUS PAUVRES DANS L’HISTOIRE DE FRANCE : DES EXCLUS ? André Gueslin, Professor of contemporary history (Paris VII).

- A PHILOSOPHICAL READING OF WRESINSKI, Charles Courtney, Professor of philosophy (retired), Drew University, (New Jersey):

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Charles Courtney 18-12-08

- UNE APPROCHE SOCIOLOGIQUE DE LA GRANDE PAUVRETE ET DE L’EXCLUSION, Serge Paugam, Professor of Sociology at the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS)

- PENSER LA PAUVRETE ET L’EXCLUSION DU POINT DE VUE DES SUBALTERNES. DU REGARD DETOURNE DE TOCQUEVILLE A LA VISION ENGAGEE DE JOSEPH WRESINSKI, Hèlène Thomas, Professor at the Institute of Political Studies, Aix-en-Provence and at the Institute for Urban Cultures and Societies (CSU) Paris VIII

To read the papers in French

Exclusion, a Challenge to Democracy.How relevant is Joseph Wresinski’s Thinking? International colloquium, 17th, 18th et 19th December 2008, à Sciences Po, Paris – ATD Fourth World, AFSP, CEVIPOF, Centre d’histoire de Sciences Po

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