Jean-Yves Camus (born 1958) is a French
political scientist
Political science is the science, scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of politics, political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated c ...
who specializes on nationalist movements in Europe.
Life and career
Born in 1958 to a Catholic and
Gaullist
Gaullism (french: link=no, Gaullisme) is a French political stance based on the thought and action of World War II French Resistance leader Charles de Gaulle, who would become the founding President of the Fifth French Republic. De Gaulle withd ...
family, Camus is an observant Jew and describes himself as part of "the anti-totalitarian left". He earned a
M.A.S. in contemporary history at
Sciences Po
, motto_lang = fr
, mottoeng = Roots of the Future
, type = Public university, Public research university''Grande école''
, established =
, founder = Émile Boutmy
, a ...
in 1982.
He has been a researcher at the ''Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques'' since 2006 and the president of the Observatoire des radicalités politiques ("Observatory of political radicalism") at the center-left
think tank
A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governmenta ...
Fondation Jean-Jaurès
The 'Fondation Jean-Jaurès'' (FJJ) is a French think tank associated with the Socialist Party. It was founded in 1992. Its founding president was Pierre Mauroy, followed by Henri Nallet
Henri Nallet (born 6 January 1939 in Bergerac, Dordogn ...
since 2014.
In February 2016, Camus was nominated member of the scientific council of the ''Délégation interministérielle à la lutte contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme'' (DILCRA), directed by
Dominique Schnapper
Dominique Schnapper (born 9 November 1934) was a member of the Constitutional Council of France from 2001 to 2010.
She is also a scholar and professor of sociology. Her sociological studies have been largely historical and have ranged from inq ...
.
Works
*''Les Droites nationales et radicales en France'', (with René Monzat), Lyon, Presses universitaires de Lyon, 1992
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* Dir., ''Les Extrémistes, de l'Atlantique à l'Oural'', Éditions de l'Aube, 1996 et 1998
* ''Le Front national, histoire et analyse'', Paris, Éditions Olivier Laurens, 1996
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* ''L’Extrême droite aujourd'hui'', Toulouse, Éditions Milan, « Les essentiels », 1997
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* ''Le Front national'', Toulouse, Éditions Milan, « Les essentiels », 1998
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* Dir., ''Les Extrémismes en Europe'', La Tour d'Aigues, éditions de l'Aube, 1998
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* ''Le Monde juif'', (with Annie-Paule Derczansky), Toulouse, Éditions Milan, « Les essentiels », 2001
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* ''Extrémismes en France : faut-il en avoir peur ?'', Toulouse, Éditions Milan, « Milan actu », 2006
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* ''Les Droites extrêmes en Europe'' (with
Nicolas Lebourg
Nicolas Lebourg (born 1974) is a French historian who specializes on far-right movements in Europe.
Biography
Born in 1974, Lebourg studied sociology at Aix-Marseille University and history at the University of Perpignan, from which he graduated ...
), Paris, Le Seuil, 2015 (English translation : Far-Right Politics in Europe, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 2017).
References
1958 births
Living people
French political scientists
Academics and writers on far-right extremism
Sciences Po alumni
People from Châtenay-Malabry
Converts to Judaism from Christianity
French male non-fiction writers
20th-century French Jews
Gaullists
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