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  #iranelection#gr88 #neda Please RT: just what has Twitter done in Iran?
  Article , Friday 5 February 2010
  When Iran took to the streets to contest the official results of the June 2009 presidential election, the world’s press give wide coverage to the global support movement that emerged on the internet,... Read more

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  In the eyes of the world: mobiles, Iran and video
  Article , Thursday 4 February 2010
  In the eyes of the world: mobiles, Iran and video Six months after the Iranian elections and the subsequent protests, Laurence Allard and Olivier Blondeau take a fresh look at the use of mobiles and... Read more

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  Reforming the Constitution to Reduce Government Debt: Creating A Balanced-Budget Rule In France
  Study , Tuesday 2 February 2010
  Reforming the Constitution to Reduce Government DebtThis document proposes to include in 2010 a balanced-budget rule in the French Constitution and in the LOLF (Loi Organique relative aux Lois de Finances,... Read more

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  E-Democracy vs. Open Democracy
  Article , Monday 14 December 2009
  E-Democracy vs. Open Democracy The cathedral and the bazaar…1 redux (Part I) By Laurence Allard and Olivier Blondeau2 In a contribution to a collection of essays put together by Pascal Perrineau,... Read more

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  Iran: civil revolution?
  Working Paper , Monday 16 November 2009
  What exactly happened in Iran in June 2009? Why, when Ahmadinejad’s election in 2005 failed to spark any protests, did the Iranian people take to the streets after his re-election four years later? What... Read more

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  nosdeputes.fr: “Mr Hacker goes to Parliament”
  Article , Tuesday 20 October 2009
  The resumption of the French parliamentary session on 16 September this year coincided with the appearance of a new website, nosdeputes.fr (“ourdeputies”), which aims to “highlight the parliamentary... Read more