Jean-Paul Gagnon

Jean-Paul Gagnon is a social and political theorist with a Ph.D. in political science. He is editor of the Journal of Democratic Theory and a Research Fellow at the University of Toronto. Specializing in democracy and governance, he is the author of several peer-reviewed works and has a growing interest in China.

Nation-state or country-state: how do we discuss belonging in an age of fluidity?

The use of the term "nation-state" confuses current debate around countries, states and nations. We need new rhetorical structures to help us make sense of this age of uncertainty, where the mass movement of individuals has caused the erosion of the homogenous cores around which nation-states arou

By Jean-Paul Gagnon

/ 12 Apr 2011

Gaddafi and Libya – a case for just intervention?

Full militaristic intervention cannot be justified on the grounds that this is a ‘just war’. We are then left with the option to intervene militarily in a smaller way or not to intervene militarily at all.

By Jean-Paul Gagnon

/ 1 Apr 2011