Chantai Blayo and Patrick Festy. Divorces in France. Retrospect and Prospect. In many European countries, divorce rates which used to fall after five to seven years duration of marriage no longer do so, and have increased, irrespective of mariage duration. This has happened after laws have been...

Festy Patrick.? After separation : variety and stability in behaviour. A study of a wide range of behavioural reactions following the separation of spouses after a marital breakdown (e.g. work, change of residence, formation of a new union..) showed a large number of associations, but also...

In 2008, the Maghreb totalled 76 million inhabitants, with 35 million in Algeria, 31 million in Morocco and 10 million in Tunisia. Although incomes and living conditions vary, population growth has followed a parallel downward trend in all three countries since the 1980s. Differences in...