Catherine Samary
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Catherine Samary is a lecturer at the Dauphine University, Paris
and previously a central leader of the reunified Fourth International
. She is a co-founder of its largest section, the Revolutionary Communist League
.
Catherine received her PhD in economics in 1986, at the University of Paris X: Nanterre
. She was later a research associate at the Institut du Monde Soviétique et d'Europe Centrale et Orientale (IMSECO). Her research focuses on five themes:
She is a regular contributor to Le Monde Diplomatique
, International Viewpoint
and Tout est à Nous (The journal of the Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste). She is the author of numerous books, which are listed below:
She is notable for having been one of the few authors on the radical Left in France to actively oppose the 2004 law which excludes from schools in France girls wearing Muslim headscarves.
Dauphine University, Paris
Paris-Dauphine University , often referred as Paris-Dauphine or Dauphine is a public research and higher education institution in Paris...
and previously a central leader of the reunified Fourth International
Reunified Fourth International
The Fourth International is a Trotskyist international. In 1963, the majorities of the two public factions of the Fourth International, the International Secretariat and the International Committee, reunited, electing a United Secretariat of the Fourth International...
. She is a co-founder of its largest section, the Revolutionary Communist League
Revolutionary Communist League (France)
See Revolutionary Communist League for the other Ligue communiste révolutionnaire.The Revolutionary Communist League was a French democratic revolutionary socialist political party. It was the French section of the Fourth International...
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Catherine received her PhD in economics in 1986, at the University of Paris X: Nanterre
University of Paris X: Nanterre
Paris West University Nanterre La Défense formerly called Paris X Nanterre is a French university in the Academy of Versailles. It is one of the 13 successor universities of the University of Paris. It is located in the western suburb of Nanterre, near La Défense, the business district of Paris...
. She was later a research associate at the Institut du Monde Soviétique et d'Europe Centrale et Orientale (IMSECO). Her research focuses on five themes:
- theoretical and practical questions of socialism
- analysis of socialist experiences and in particular, the implications of their reforms and crises pertaining to Yugoslavia and other nations
- issues concerning planning, market relationship of property, democracy
- globalisation and the capitalist restoration - comparative aspects, theoretical questions
- criteria of efficiency and social justice in economy
She is a regular contributor to Le Monde Diplomatique
Le Monde diplomatique
Le Monde diplomatique is a monthly newspaper offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs. It was first created mainly for a diplomatic audience as its name implies...
, International Viewpoint
International Viewpoint
International Viewpoint is the English-language edition of the monthly magazine of the reunified Fourth International. It focuses on translating articles into English written by socialists in other languages. Its ISSN is 0294-2925....
and Tout est à Nous (The journal of the Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste). She is the author of numerous books, which are listed below:
- Dissertation on the Yugoslav reforms from 1947 to 1980; later published as Le marche contre l'autogestion (Paris, PubliSud/La Breche, 1988) (ISBN 2866003799).
- "Plan, market and democracy: the experience of the so-called socialist countries" (Amsterdam, International Institute for Research and EducationInternational Institute for Research and EducationThe International Institute for Research and Education is a research and educational centre based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It conducts training and publishes research for and by progressive activists around the world....
, Notebook No. 7/8, 1988) - Yugoslavia Dismembered (translated by Peter Drucker, Monthly Review Press, New York, 1995) (ISBN 0853459215)
- She also contributed an article to Gilbert Achcar's collection on The Legacy of Ernest MandelErnest MandelErnest Ezra Mandel, also known by various pseudonyms such as Ernest Germain, Pierre Gousset, Henri Vallin, Walter , was a revolutionary Marxist theorist.-Life:...
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She is notable for having been one of the few authors on the radical Left in France to actively oppose the 2004 law which excludes from schools in France girls wearing Muslim headscarves.