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The Craft of Sociology

Epistemological Preliminaries

By: Pierre Bourdieu,Jean-Claude Chamboredon,Jean Claude Passeron

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The Craft of Sociology

Epistemological Preliminaries

By: Pierre Bourdieu,Jean-Claude Chamboredon,Jean Claude Passeron

The work of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has emerged, over the last two decades, as one of the most substantial and innovative bodies of theory and research in contemporary social science. The Craft of Sociology, both a textbook and an original contribution to epistemology in social science, focuses on a basic problem of sociological research: the necessity of an epistemological break with the preconstructed objects social practice offers to the researcher. Pierre Bourdieu and his co-authors argue in the epistemological tradition of scholars like Bachelard, Canguilhem, Koyre, a tradition that identifies the construction of the object as being the fundamental scientific act. Their way of discussing the issue makes it accessible not only to academics and experts of epistemology, but also to advanced students of social science, using for illustration a wide range of texts from the various social sciences as well as from philosophy of science. The book includes an interview with Pierre Bourdieu and an introduction by the editor to his sociological methodology.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110119404

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Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture

By: Pierre Bourdieu,Jean-Claude Passeron

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Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture

By: Pierre Bourdieu,Jean-Claude Passeron

The way in which the ruling ideas of a social system are related to structures of class, production and power, and how these are legitimated and perpetuated, is fundamental to the sociological project. In this second edition of this classic text, which includes a new introduction by Pierre Bourdieu, the authors develop an analysis of education (in its broadest sense, encompassing more than the process of formal education). They show how education carries an essentially arbitrary cultural scheme which is actually, though not in appearance, based on power. More widely, the reproduction of culture through education is shown to play a key part in the reproduction of the whole social system. The analysis is carried through not only in theoretica

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0803983204

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The Road to Social Europe

A Contemporary Approach to Political Cultures and Diversity in Europe

By: Jean-Claude Barbier

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The Road to Social Europe

A Contemporary Approach to Political Cultures and Diversity in Europe

By: Jean-Claude Barbier

In the wake of the Greek and Irish crises, and at a moment when solidarity between states is hotly debated on a daily basis at EU level, it is important to understand how ‘solidarity’ can happen at all. The Road to Social Europe reviews the development of political cultural processes since the nineteenth century, showing how social protection and social justice have gradually become interwoven with systems of social protection, or welfare states. Grounded on extensive empirical research conducted in many EU countries and in the European Commission’s administration over twenty years, the book provides a cultural analysis of welfare systems in Europe. It also presents an original enquiry into the importance of languages for politics in Europe, for the politics of welfare, and for sociological research. It shows how sociological and ethnographic analysis can help in understanding the current and future challenges of European integration that rely unilaterally on functional economics. This in-depth sociological analysis of European diversity will appeal to a wide audience of students and scholars of sociology, political science, political economy and European studies.

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Routledge

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1136596038

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Academic Discourse

Linguistic Misunderstanding and Professorial Power

By: Pierre Bourdieu,Jean-Claude Passeron,Monique de Saint Martin

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Academic Discourse

Linguistic Misunderstanding and Professorial Power

By: Pierre Bourdieu,Jean-Claude Passeron,Monique de Saint Martin

In this innovative work on culture and education, Pierre Bourdieu and his associates examine the role of language and linguistic misunderstanding in the teaching contexts of higher education.

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Stanford University Press

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0804726884

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Learning and Everyday Life

By: Jean Lave

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Learning and Everyday Life

By: Jean Lave

An incisive study of situated learning, analyzed through a critical theory of social practice as transformational change in everyday life.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108480462

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Heritage Traces in the Making

A Communicational Analysis of Modes of Heritagization

By: Jean Davallon

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Heritage Traces in the Making

A Communicational Analysis of Modes of Heritagization

By: Jean Davallon

The world is full of traces of the past, ranging from things as different as monuments and factories to farms, eco-museums, landscapes, mountaineering and even woven-grass bridges. These traces must be protected and passed on to future generations. Communicational analysis shows that these traces have acquired the status of heritage by becoming communicative beings imbued with a new social life. Up until the 1970s and 1980s, granting this status was the prerogative of the state. New modes then emerged, increasingly involving social actors and the publicization of knowledge. Today, the heritage recognition of these traces also depends on interpretative schemes that circulate in society, notably through the media. Heritage Traces in the Making is aimed at anyone – researchers, professionals and students – who is interested in how heritage is created and how it evolves.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1786309440

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Pierre Bourdieu: A Heroic Structuralism

By: Jean-Louis Fabiani

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Pierre Bourdieu: A Heroic Structuralism

By: Jean-Louis Fabiani

Can one speak dispassionately about Pierre Bourdieu? Jean-Louis Fabiani’s book is an attempt to apply Bourdieu’s analytical tools to his own work. Testing their limitations and their potential ambiguity allows the author to shed new light on the social genesis of his main concepts and on the complex relationship between science and politics.

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9004442618

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The Making of the Chinese Middle Class

Small Comfort and Great Expectations

By: Jean-Louis Rocca

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The Making of the Chinese Middle Class

Small Comfort and Great Expectations

By: Jean-Louis Rocca

This book analyses the making of the Chinese middle class that started in the 1990s using a constructivist approach. With the development of the Chinese economy, a new group of middle wage earners appeared. Chinese social scientists and state institutions promoted the idea that China needs a middle class to achieve modernization. Middle class members are defined—and define themselves—as good consumers, educated people, politically engaged but reasonable citizens. As such, the making of the middle class is the result of three convergent phenomena: an attempt to define the middle class, a process of civilization, and the development of protest movements. The making of the Chinese middle class, Rocca argues, is a way to end the stalemate that modern Chinese society is facing, in particular the necessity to democratize without introducing an election system.

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1137393394

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Ethnicity, Inc.

By: John L. Comaroff,Jean Comaroff

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Ethnicity, Inc.

By: John L. Comaroff,Jean Comaroff

In Ethnicity, Inc. anthropologists John L. and Jean Comaroff analyze a new moment in the history of human identity: its rampant commodification. Through a wide-ranging exploration of the changing relationship between culture and the market, they address a pressing question: Wherein lies the future of ethnicity? Their account begins in South Africa, with the incorporation of an ethno-business in venture capital by a group of traditional African chiefs. But their horizons are global: Native American casinos; Scotland’s efforts to brand itself; a Zulu ethno-theme park named Shakaland; a world religion declared to be intellectual property; a chiefdom made into a global business by means of its platinum holdings; San “Bushmen” with patent rights potentially worth millions of dollars; nations acting as commercial enterprises; and the rapid growth of marketing firms that target specific ethnic populations are just some of the diverse examples that fall under the Comaroffs’ incisive scrutiny. These phenomena range from the disturbing through the intriguing to the absurd. Through them, the Comaroffs trace the contradictory effects of neoliberalism as it transforms identities and social being across the globe. Ethnicity, Inc. is a penetrating account of the ways in which ethnic populations are remaking themselves in the image of the corporation—while corporations coopt ethnic practices to open up new markets and regimes of consumption. Intellectually rigorous but leavened with wit, this is a powerful, highly original portrayal of a new world being born in a tectonic collision of culture, capitalism, and identity.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226114732

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Melancholy Politics

Loss, Mourning, and Memory in Late Modern France

By: Jean-Philippe Mathy

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Melancholy Politics

Loss, Mourning, and Memory in Late Modern France

By: Jean-Philippe Mathy

A study of the cultural politics of loss and mourning in France from 1978 to the present. Focuses on national identity, secularism, Jacobin republicanism, and political-cultural exceptionalism"--Provided by publisher.

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Penn State Press

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0271037830

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Apprenticeship in Critical Ethnographic Practice

By: Jean Lave

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Apprenticeship in Critical Ethnographic Practice

By: Jean Lave

In this extended meditation, Jean Lave interweaves analysis of the process of apprenticeship among the Vai and Gola tailors of Liberia with reflections on the evolution of her research on those tailors in the late 1970s. In so doing, she provides both a detailed account of her apprenticeship in the art of sustained fieldwork and an insightful overview of thirty years of changes in the empirical and theoretical facets of ethnographic practice. Examining the issues she confronted in her own work, Lave shows how the critical questions raised by ethnographic research erode conventional assumptions, altering the direction of the work that follows. As ethnography takes on increasing significance to an ever widening field of thinkers on topics from education to ecology, this erudite but accessible book will be essential to anyone tackling the question of what it means to undertake critical and conceptually challenging fieldwork. Apprenticeship in Critical Ethnographic Practice explains how to seriously explore what it means to be human in a complex world—and why it is so important.

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0226470725

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Anthropology and Development

Understanding Contemporary Social Change

By: Jean-Pierre Oliver De-Sardan

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Anthropology and Development

Understanding Contemporary Social Change

By: Jean-Pierre Oliver De-Sardan

This book re-establishes the relevance of mainstream anthropological (and sociological) approaches to development processes and simultaneously recognizes that contemporary development ought to be anthropology‘s principal area of study. Professor de Sardan argues for a socio-anthropology of change and development that is a deeply empirical, multidimensional, diachronic study of social groups and their interactions. The Introduction provides a thought-provoking examination of the principal new approaches that have emerged in the discipline during the 1990s. Part I then makes clear the complexity of social change and development, and the ways in which socio-anthropology can measure up to the challenge of this complexity. Part II looks more closely at some of the leading variables involved in the development process, including relations of production; the logics of social action; the nature of knowledge; forms of mediation; and ‘political‘ strategies.

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1848136137

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The Mark of the Sacred

By: Jean-Pierre Dupuy

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The Mark of the Sacred

By: Jean-Pierre Dupuy

This study of religion and violence “forces us to reexamine some of our most cherished self-images of modern liberal democratic societies” (Charles Taylor). Jean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls “enlightened doomsaying,” has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In this book, he pleads for a subversion of this crisis from within, arguing that it is our lopsided view of religion and reason that has set us on this course. In denial of our sacred origins and hubristically convinced of the powers of human reason, we cease to know our own limits: our disenchanted world leaves us defenseless against a headlong rush into the abyss of global warming, nuclear holocaust, and the other catastrophes that loom on our horizon. Reviving the religious anthropology of Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Marcel Mauss and in dialogue with the work of René Girard, Dupuy shows that we must remember the world’s sacredness in order to keep human violence in check. A metaphysical and theological detective, he tracks the sacred in the very fields where human reason considers itself most free from everything it judges irrational: science, technology, economics, political and strategic thought. In making such claims, The Mark of the Sacred takes on religion bashers, secularists, and fundamentalists at once. Written by one of the deepest and most versatile thinkers of our time, it militates for a world where reason is no longer an enemy of faith. “The Mark of the Sacred is one of those rare books . . . which, in an enlightened well-organized state, should be printed and freely distributed in all schools!” —Slavoj Žižek

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Stanford University Press

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0804788456

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Transformation and Education in the Literature of the GDR

By: Jean E. Conacher

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Transformation and Education in the Literature of the GDR

By: Jean E. Conacher

This book explores how writers adhered to, played with, and subverted the formulaic precepts of educational transformation in the German Democratic Republic.

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Camden House (NY)

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1571139559

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Readings in Methodology

African Perspectives

By: Jean-Bernard Ouedraogo,Carlos Cardoso

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Readings in Methodology

African Perspectives

By: Jean-Bernard Ouedraogo,Carlos Cardoso

One of the weaknesses of research in Africa is the little consideration that is given to questions of epistemology and methodology. What we see is the trivialization of research protocols which, consequently, are reduced to fantasy prescriptions that detach social studies from universal debates over the validity of science rather than an interrogation of research procedures induced by the complexity of social dynamics. As a result, social sciences have become an imitative discourse and a recital of exotic anecdotes without perspectives. Knowledge production therefore loses any heuristic bearing. It is on the basis of this reality that attempts to correct this tendency have been made in this book by discussing the methodological foundation of social science knowledge. This volume is a collection of papers presented during methodological workshops organized by CODESRIA. Its objective is to revitalize theory and methodology in field work in Africa while contributing to the creation of a critical space hinged upon the mastery of epistemological bases which are indispensable to any scientific imagination. Far from being a collection of technical certainties and certified methods, this book interrogates the uncertain itinerary of the process of social logics discovery. In that sense, it is a decisive step towards a critical systemization of ongoing theories and practices within the African scientific community. The reader can, therefore, identify the philosophical, historical, sociological and anthropological foundations of object construction, field data exploitation and research results delivery. This book explains the importance of the philosophical and social modalities of scientific practice, the influence of local historical contexts, the different usages of new investigative tools, including the audiovisual tools. Finally, the book, backed by classical theories, serves as an invitation toward considering scientific commitment to African field research from a reflective perspective.

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African Books Collective

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2869785178

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Islam

Historical, Social and Political Perspectives

By: Jean Jacques Waardenburg

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Islam

Historical, Social and Political Perspectives

By: Jean Jacques Waardenburg

This book presents some twenty essays on different aspects of Islam in history and the present. These essays are grouped into eight larger sections. The first, "The Beginnings", deals with the transition from pre-Islamic understandings and reason, an essential part of the Quranic message. The next two sections deal with Islam specifically as a religion with its particular signs and symbols. The question of rules of interpretation in Islam and its structural features is discussed here. Sections four and five deal with ethics in Islam, including Muslim identity and human rights, and certain social functions of Islam. Section six introduces some 19th and 20th century reform movements, with special attention given to developments in Saudi Arabia and the "puritan" characteristics of present-day Islamic revival movements. The final two sections discuss contemporary issues: Islamization processes and policies, Islamic ideologies, the ideologization of Islam, and the political uses of religion. Throughout the book the author shows the links between the religious and other interpretations and uses made of Islam and the contexts in which they are made. The Introduction signals some important developments in Islamic studies since World War II.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110171783

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The Sociology of Food

Eating and the Place of Food in Society

By: Jean-Pierre Poulain

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The Sociology of Food

Eating and the Place of Food in Society

By: Jean-Pierre Poulain

A classic text about the social study of food, this is the first English language edition of Jean-Pierre Poulain's seminal work. Tracing the history of food scholarship, The Sociology of Food provides an overview of sociological theory and its relevance to the field of food. Divided into two parts, Poulain begins by exploring the continuities and changes in the modern diet. From the effect of globalization on food production and supply, to evolving cultural responses to food – including cooking and eating practices, the management of consumer anxieties, and concerns over obesity and the medicalization of food – the first part examines how changing food practices have shaped and are shaped by wider social trends. The second part provides an overview of the emergence of food as an academic focus for sociologists and anthropologists. Revealing the obstacles that lay in the way of this new field of study, Poulain shows how the discipline was first established and explains its development over the last forty years. Destined to become a key text for students and scholars, The Sociology of Food makes a major contribution to food studies and sociology. This edition features a brand new chapter focusing on the development of food studies in the English-speaking world and a preface, specifically written for the edition.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472586239

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Legitimacy and Politics

A Contribution to the Study of Political Right and Political Responsibility

By: Jean-Marc Coicaud

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Legitimacy and Politics

A Contribution to the Study of Political Right and Political Responsibility

By: Jean-Marc Coicaud

For the past few years, the increase in cases of political corruption, the loss of politicians credibility, the development of social and political forms of pathology (notably the rise of the extreme right along with exclusionist ideologies), and the role of the State have been at the center of political debates. In one way or another, these problems raise the question of the legitimacy of the established powers. The result is that legitimacy, a key notion of political thought in general, has today become a burning issue. Coicaud examines all these issues and proffers insightful answers to questions such as the connections between morality and politics, how rulers acquire or lose the right to govern, and how one can become the advocate of a theory of political justice that, while establishing limits, respects and even ensures the promotion of plurality within societies.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521787823

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The Sociology of Wind Bands

Amateur Music Between Cultural Domination and Autonomy

By: Mr Emmanuel Pierru,Mr Jean-Matthieu Méon,Professor Vincent Dubois

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The Sociology of Wind Bands

Amateur Music Between Cultural Domination and Autonomy

By: Mr Emmanuel Pierru,Mr Jean-Matthieu Méon,Professor Vincent Dubois

Despite the musical and social roles they play in many parts of the world, wind bands have not attracted much interest from sociologists. The Sociology of Wind Bands seeks to fill this gap in research by providing a sociological account of this musical universe as it stands now. Based on a qualitative and quantitative survey conducted in northeastern France, the authors present a vivid description of the orchestras, the backgrounds and practices of their musicians, and the repertoires they play. Their multi-level analysis, ranging from the cultural field to the wind music subfield and to everyday life relationships within bands and local communities, sheds new light on the social organisation, meanings and functions of a type of music that is all too often taken for granted. Yet they go further than merely portraying a musical genre. As wind music is routinely neglected and socially defined in terms of its poor musical quality or even bad taste, the book addresses the thorny issue of the effects of cultural hierarchy and domination. It proposes an imaginative and balanced framework which, beyond the specific case of wind music, is an innovative contribution to the sociology of lowbrow culture.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409461874

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Epistemology, Fieldwork, and Anthropology

By: Antoinette Tidjani Alou,Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan

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Epistemology, Fieldwork, and Anthropology

By: Antoinette Tidjani Alou,Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan

Epistemology, Fieldwork, and Anthropology provides a systematic examination of the empirical foundations of interpretations and grounded theories in anthropology. Olivier de Sardan explores the nature of the links between observed reality and the data produced during fieldwork, and between the data gathered and final interpretative statements. Olivier de Sardan's research asks how anthropologists develop a 'policy of fieldwork', what the advantages and limits of observation are, and if the dangers of over-interpretation and scientific ideologies be minimized. Exploring the space between epistemology and methodology, the book critically juxtaposes Anglo and Francophone writings about fieldwork, plausible interpretations, emicity, reflexivity, comparison, and scientific rigor.

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1137477881

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The Sociology of Wind Bands

Amateur Music Between Cultural Domination and Autonomy

By: Vincent Dubois,Jean-Matthieu Méon,translated by Jean-Yves Bart

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Amateur Music Between Cultural Domination and Autonomy

By: Vincent Dubois,Jean-Matthieu Méon,translated by Jean-Yves Bart

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Routledge

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1317015258

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Last Exit to Utopia

The Survival of Socialism in a Post-Soviet Era

By: Jean-François Revel

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Last Exit to Utopia

The Survival of Socialism in a Post-Soviet Era

By: Jean-François Revel

An English translation of Jean-Francois Revel's 1999 essay in which he examines the response of French intellectuals to the collapse of Soviet communism in the decade after its end.

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Encounter Books

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1594032645

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Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture

By: Pierre Bourdieu,Jean-Claude Passeron

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Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture

By: Pierre Bourdieu,Jean-Claude Passeron

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Class and the Communist Party of China, 1978-2021

Reform and Market Socialism

By: Marc Blecher,David S G Goodman,Yingjie Guo,Jean-Louis Rocca,Beibei Tang

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Class and the Communist Party of China, 1978-2021

Reform and Market Socialism

By: Marc Blecher,David S G Goodman,Yingjie Guo,Jean-Louis Rocca,Beibei Tang

By examining the changing political economy in China through detailed studies of the peasantry, workers, middle classes, and the dominant class, this volume reveals the Communist Party of China’s (CCP’s) impact on social change in China between 1978 and 2021. This book explores in depth the CCP’s programme of reform and openness that had a dramatic impact on China’s socio-economic trajectory following the death of Mao Zedong and the end of the Cultural Revolution. It also goes on to chart the acceptance of Market Socialism, highlighting the resulting emergence of a larger middle class, while also appreciating the profound consequences this created for workers and peasants. Additionally, this volume examines the development of the dominant class which remains a defining feature of China’s political economy and the Party-state. Providing an in-depth analysis of class as understood by the CCP in conjunction with sociological interpretations of socio-economic and socio-political change, this study will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese Politics, Chinese History, Asian Politics, and Asian studies.

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1000547248

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The Pompidou Years, 1969-1974

By: Serge Berstein,Jean-Pierre Rioux

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The Pompidou Years, 1969-1974

By: Serge Berstein,Jean-Pierre Rioux

This is the latest volume to appear in the successful Cambridge History of Modern France series, and is the most authoritative account available of the presidency of Georges Pompidou. Pompidou consolidated the constitutional changes made by de Gaulle, to the extent that he is now regarded as the Fifth Republic's second founding father, and continued his haughty attitudes to foreign policy. He also launched a programme of modernisation and industrialisation: under Pompidou France saw both the climax and the end of the post-war boom. Serge Berstein and Jean-Pierre Rioux analyse the politics of the period, and also give an overview of France's economy, culture and society. Their comprehensive study contains all the standard features, such as maps, chronology, and tables, which have helped this series to establish itself as the premier multi-volume account of modern France. Students, scholars and teachers in history and political studies will find this volume invaluable.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521580617

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Howard S. Becker

Sociology and Music in the Chicago School

By: Jean Peneff

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Howard S. Becker

Sociology and Music in the Chicago School

By: Jean Peneff

Who is Howard S. Becker? This book traces his career, examining his work and contributions to the field of sociology. Themes covered include Becker’s theoretical conceptualizations, approaches, teaching style, and positioning in the intellectual milieu. Translated from French by sociologist Robert Dingwall, the English edition benefits from an editorial introduction and additional referencing, as well as a new foreword by Becker himself.

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0429885571

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Life/Situations

Essays Written and Spoken

By: Jean-Paul Sartre

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Life/Situations

Essays Written and Spoken

By: Jean-Paul Sartre

Interviews with intellectual vigor: Sartre's preoccupations as a man and writer, autobigraphical reflections and reappraisals, a tartly provocative consideration of the woman's movement with Simone de Beauvoir, and on his monumental study of Flaubert.

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0394734602

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