Assistant Professor/Associate Professor of Public Law and Political Science (1970).
Cultural Affairs Officer at the French Embassy in Italy (Deputy Director of the French Institute in Naples) (1985–86).
Degrees
Bachelor of Public Law (1968).
Master's degree in political science (1969).
Doctor of Political Science (1977).
Administrative responsibilities, research, and outreach
Elected member of the National Council of Universities (Political Science Section), (1982–1995).
Elected member of the CNRS National Committee (Political Science Section-40), (1987–1991 and 1995–1999).
Director of the Law and Social Sciences Teaching and Research Unit at the University of Montpellier I (1990–1992).
Vice President of the University of Montpellier I / Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Management (1992–1995).
Founder and Director of CEPEL (Center for Comparative Studies of Public Policy and Local Areas). Research unit affiliated with the CNRS (1987–1996).
Founder and editor of *Revue Pôle Sud* (1994–2014).
Chair of the Department of Political Science (1999–2007).
Director of the Professional Master’s Program in Journalism (2005–2014).
Director of the Master’s program in European Studies; representative of the University of Montpellier I on the Scientific Committee (Siena). (2005–2015).
Books
“The Dream of Something Else: Amending the Constitution or Replacing It.” Paris: Don Quichotte, 2017, 350 pp.
“The Great Renunciation: The Left and the Institutions of the Fifth Republic.”Paris: Textuel, 2007, 239 pp.
“A Constitution Against Democracy? Portrait of a Depoliticized Europe.” Castelnau-le-Lez: Climats, 2005, 228 pp.
Articles
“Democratic Transition and the Constitutional Process in Tunisia (2011–2014)” in: Revue Horizons Maghrébins. University of Toulouse. Vol. 32, No. 74. “The ‘Arab Spring’ of 2011 in Light of Its Political Cultures.”October 2016.
“Políticas Regionais da União Europeia / EU Regional Policies,”RevistaDebater a Europa, No. 12, January/June 2015, CIEDA/CEIS20, 2015. ISSN 1647-6336.
“The Press and the Reasons of State: Changes in Journalism in France (1914–18) ” in: Cristina Sizifredo (DS.). Proceedings of the conference “From the Trenches to Versailles.” Lisbon. 2012.
“The European Union: Governing Without Territory ” In “Borders and Images of Europe.”Florence, CET-Studi Europei. 2012.
“Gollism and the Fifth Republic: A Form of Bonapartism in Europe.”In G. Laschi, *Memoria d’Europa*. Milan: Franco Angeli, 2012.
“The Concept of the Euroregion and Its Implementation in the European Union.”In: Carlos E. Pacheco Amaral (DS.): Regional Autonomy and International Relations. New Dimensions of Multilateral Governance. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2011. pp. 245–256.
