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Communication and media coverage of the State. A work directed by Dominique Marchetti (Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, February 2008, 197 p., 21 €) The links between politics and the media appear to us every day. In fact, the evolution of the policy field is characterized by mediatization and personalization is growing. Yet the obvious and […]

The university. A book of Christine Musselin (La Découverte, coll. “Markers “, 2008, 119 p.) We have been talking a lot of the opacity of the recruitment of teachers-researchers at the university, following the publication of a study showing the ” localism “1. At the same time, the law on liberties and responsibilities of universities […]

Verbalize the client. The controllers of the metro. A book of Eleonora Elguezabal (places to be, December 2007 ; 178 p., 12,50 €) Controllers, a business that is rewarding ? This question may seem preposterous from the point of view of the customers. However, their role in the RATP has actually changed, following the evolution […]

Seem and appearances in western Europe from the Middle Ages to our days. A work directed by Isabelle Paresys (PU du Septentrion, February 2008) The sound, defined as “the system resulting from the work of appearances” and “appearances,” all of the bodily signs and materials perceptible by the senses “, are forms of communication are […]

The behavior of moderation. Dream small or the arrangement of your dreams. A book by Anne Chaté (L’harmattan, coll. “Logiques sociales “, 2007, 153 p) “Well,” said George, we have a large vegetable garden, and a hutch with rabbits and chickens. And when it will rain, the winter, we will say : the work, we […]

Sociology of old age and aging. A book of Vincent Caradec (Armand Colin, coll. “128 “, 2008) “Old age is it that a word ?” would have been able to ask Pierre Bourdieu1. Old age is, indeed, difficult to define, as overlap or oppose a series of words, all sources of issues : older people, […]

The actors ‘ voices low. Of the unworthiness of the recognition. A book, published under the direction of Jean-Paul Payet, Frédérique Giuliani and Denis Laforgue (Presses universitaires de Rennes, coll. “L. e social sense “, 2008) That may have in common, homeless people, prisoners, leaders of social centres… ? These are individuals or groups disqualified […]

The bartering in the market. For a sociology of trade in post-soviet Russia. A book of Caroline Dufy, with a foreword by Florence Weber (L’harmattan, coll. “Eastern countries “, 2008) An economist by training, a specialist in Russia and ethnographer, Caroline Dufy offers with The bartering in the market. For a sociology of trade in […]

The paradoxes of naturalization. Survey of young people of immigrant origin. A book of Arnaud Frauenfelder (L’harmattan, coll. “Sociological issues “, 2007, 390 p., 31,50 €) Considering the nationality as a capital-specific, including legal, Arnaud Frauenfelder part of the premise according to which nationality was discriminated against. “Instrument of closing social “, status restricted, there […]

Observe the work, a work under the direction of Anne-Marie Arborio, Yves Cohen, Pierre Fournier, Nicolas Hatzfeld, Cédric Lomba and Séverin Muller (Discovery, al. “Research “, 2008) To understand the nature of this collective work, it is necessary to pay careful attention to the subtitle, ” History, ethnography, combined approaches “. In fact, one can […]