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“The Candidates” Book Talk

March 7, 2025

Étienne Ollion is a political sociologist working as a research director at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS – CREST) in France and a Professor of sociology (part time) at l’Ecole polytechnique. He will present his book The Candidates, on the professionalization of politics and its ups and downs in France. Jon Levy, a Historian at Sciences Po in France will be a discussant.