Ulysse Rabaté

Ulysse Rabaté is a political science researcher at CRESPPA (University Paris 8) and teaches at the University of Rennes. His work focuses on the political practices of contemporary working classes, considered in relation to instittions, but also in terms of their cultural impact. He was elected in Corbeil-Essonnes and, during the 2010s, opposed what was known as the ‘Dassault system’, named after the billionaire who had set up a clientelist system of vote buying in this working-class town in the Paris region. This extraordinary experience now feeds into his research on corruption, modes of resistance and the ordinary relationship with politics.