An anthropologist among analysts and traders! Horacio Ortiz analyses how these "experts" state the value of companies listed on the stock exchange and reveals the contradictions and weaknesses of this activity whose issues are crucial for the economic, political and social interest and yet poorly understood .
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Enquête d'anthropologie politique sur l'évaluation des entreprises cotées en bourse
Horacio Ortiz
An indispensable work for anyone wishing to understand this shift, comprehend upcoming changes in Île de France and discover how France has entered the 21st century.
L'émergence d'une métropole
Frédéric Gilli
How is collective action organised? How do collective actors work together? This rich dialogue highlights many fruitful reflections on instrumentation, helping to rethink social science and collective action today.
Controverses, résistance, effets
Charlotte Halpern, Pierre Lascoumes
L'heure est au bilan des opérations de démolition-reconstruction des grands ensembles, lancées en 2003 par le programme national de rénovation urbaine. Ce livre dresse une précieuse mise en perceptive historique des politiques de la ville en France.
Démolition-reconstruction de l'État
Renaud Epstein
S'appuyant sur un important travail de recherche sur les politiques publiques et sur plusieurs enquêtes qu'il a lui-même réalisées au cœur de ce processus de fabrique, Philippe Zittoun propose une approche nouvelle de l'action publique qui permet de mieux comprendre l'activité de nos gouvernants, véritables Sisyphes des temps modernes.
Une approche pragmatique de l'action publique
Philippe Zittoun
Far from the impediments of a heroic history of Europe with its crises and re-founding treaties, the author shows why and how law became the principal device through which Europe was able to impose itself as a new power centre.
L'invention d'un programme institutionnel pour l'Europe
Antoine Vauchez
Sociology analysis what contemporary armies owe to the political, institutional and social context in which they develop. It recalls what the understanding of military matters brings to the understanding of our societies and phenomenas of power.
Jean Joana
The process of decentralisation is progressing all over Europe. France is no exception. The author analyses the rise of the regions and offers a new perspective on contemporay France, where local actors play an increasing role in public legislation.
Mobilisations, décentralisation et gouvernance en France
Romain Pasquier
What purpose do ambassadors serve? After a historical retrospective beginning in the Third Republic, the author shows that in spite of all these changes, the profession of ambassador has conserved its specificity and its usefulness.
Marie-Christine Kessler
The first analysis of the major reforms and policies that characterize Sarkozy's presidency.
Jacques de Maillard, Yves Surel
This book analyses public finances, in a context marked by the issue of government debt, budget constraints and the renewed policy of rigor and fiscal reforms.
Philippe Bezes, Alexandre Siné
Confronting the theory of chaos defending that very large cities are ungovernable, the authors attempt to show how these XXL cities work and are at the forefront of globalization.
Dominique Lorrain
Ce classique des études urbaines montre que les villes européennes (de taille moyenne) sont un phénomène historique de longue durée, et qu'elles demeurent innovantes et dynamiques malgré les processus de globalisation.
2e édition augmentée d'une préface inédite
Patrick Le Galès
BAsed on political sociology and military sociology, this fine research work, provides a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of the French forces.
Sociologie de la décision
Bastien Irondelle
An illuminating essay, in a European context where multiculturalism tends to fade the shadow of a "neo-assimilationism," notably in France where ethnic statistics and the under-representation of minorities remain subjects for fierce debate.
Comparaisons franco-britanniques
Romain Garbaye
The origins and power of mercantile institutions are among the enigmas that this work attempts to explore across an original theoretical context as well as a series of studies on the wine market, biotechnology firms, and the convention ISO 26000.
Pierre François
Second volume of the Public Policy series, this opus focuses on the effects of public action on the social and political body
Olivier Borraz, Virginie Guiraudon
The term "Righteous of France" makes reference to "Righteous Among the Nations" created by the Hebrew State. The expression has been reclaimed by French public powers. The author confrontes several of questions posed by contemporary debates on memory.
Politiques publiques de la mémoire
Sarah Gensburger