Contemporary political issues

Is the Internet a threat to democracy? What policies should we adopt in the face of climate upheaval? Will the 21st century be Chinese? Will American democracy survive? These questions are hotly debated in the media, on social networks and at dinner parties. They raise crucial issues for the future of the societies in which we live.

To gain an in-depth understanding, it's not enough to confine yourself to the press, television or social networks. On the contrary, the study of political science is indispensable. Its aim is to analyze life in society from a variety of angles, and it provides the intellectual rigor essential for a discerning grasp of current affairs.

This book, whose approach is intended to be plural, synthetic and pedagogical, is the result of a collective work by people attached, in one capacity or another, to the Department of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Conceived as an accessible introduction to political science, it is made up of brief chapters that provide an overview of how this discipline sheds light on the challenges of the contemporary world.

With the collaboration of : Jean-Pierre Beaud, Maude Benoit, Bonnie Campbell, Elizabeth Chrun, Carole Clavier, Christophe Cloutier-Roy, Danielle Coenga-Oliveira, Yves Couture, Anne-Marie D'Aoust, Simon Dabin, Christian Deblock, Julián Durazo-Herrmann, Danny Gagné, Frédérick Gagnon, Alain-G. Gagnon, Anne-Marie Gingras, Tania Gosselin, Sylvie Goupil, Allison Harell, Nicolas Houde, Alexis Hudelot, Maya Jegen, Romain Lecler, Ting-Sheng Lin, Issiaka Mandé, Justin Massie, Nora Nagels, Geneviève Pagé, Caroline Patsias, Pierre Prévost, Michèle Rioux, Vincent Romani, Alexandre Schiele and Stéphanie Viola-Plante.