Le 6 rue Lecomte abrite, à partir de 1925, le Service des affaires indi­gènes nord-africaines. Bientôt surnommé le « bureau arabe », il traite de nombreuses plaintes et requêtes venues des deux bords de la Méditerranée, qui donnent à comprendre la si­tuation coloniale et l'expérience migratoire au quotidien.

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This book shows that, far from being a linear progression, practices of mending and repair fluctuate depending on the moment and particularly on obstacles such as lack of access to repair support, lack of legitimacy and recognition from family and friends, the technical resistance of objects, and planned obsolescence by manufacturers.

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Based on an unprecedented study in political science, conducted over three continents, this book reveals French diplomatic practice as still largely regalian.

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Based on an investigation that draws on both sociology and law, focused on enrolments in first year undergraduate and Masters degrees, as well as entrance exams for medicine, this book looks at the effects of these new forms of selection on both candidates and their families.

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The authors of this book trace the emergence of this regulatory moment through a group of small independent bureaucracies (Cnil, Arcom, Autorité de la concurrence, etc.) that have seen their sphere of influence constantly broadened since the early 2000s.

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Drawing on oral and written sources this book proposes an original history of the circulation of ideas and models, from the universal to the local level. In so doing she contributes to a subtle social and global history of colonisation and decolonisation.

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By looking closely at the power dynamics in play, but also the informalities and accommodations when they emerged, this book shows that the development of global policies is somewhat like the creation of a mosaic.

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This book, the result of a decade-long study, recounts the difficulty of active participants in an agricultural system, based on the widespread use of pesticides, in considering themselves victims and demanding compensation.

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Cet ouvrage montre que la métropole parisienne s'apparente à une « anarchie organisée », avec ses contingences, ses rapports de forces, ses veto redoutables pour empêcher l'émergence de politiques ou bloquer leur mise en place, mais aussi ses instruments et ses données plus ou moins partagés, ses coalitions stabilisées et ses projets politiques.

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Cet ouvrage permet de restituer la vitalité et la diversité du monde associatif au tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles.

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L'ouvrage fait revivre un épisode méconnu de l'histoire récente des États-Unis : l’affaire de Newburgh n’annonce pas seulement le démantèlement progressif de l’État providence hérité du New Deal, elle sert aussi de rampe de lancement à un nouveau conservatisme, qui s’incarnera dans le reaganisme et fera florès jusqu’en Europe.

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This book explores the work of economists, statisticians, union and business representatives, political and administrative leaders, who have accumulated proof that this economic entity exists and that its variations can be measured.

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For six years, Lucile Quéré has conducted ethnographic research in France, Switzerland, and Belgium with feminist self-help groups who are challenging the medical hold over women's bodies and sexualities.

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This book takes a sociological perspective on the condition of contemporary poets, which is relatively well-organised, combining literary and "secondary" activities.

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Through a study conducted in the Deux-Sèvres, the Ardennes, the Crozon peninsula, and the Chartreuse mountains, Yaëlle Amsellem-Mainguy set out to meet young women whose lives may appear unproblematic and yet who are fully confronted by the major economic, social, and political evolutions in the country.

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Bringing together the most recent studies, this book explores the way French society looks at the police as an institution.

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Fondé sur une enquête de long cours à New York et à Paris, ce livre cherche à évaluer la véritable portée de ces conduites gestionnaires marquées du sceau de la vertu. Il pose un regard critique sur la prétention du capitalisme contemporain à opérer une fusion entre profit et bien commun.

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To try and understand the reasons for this powerlessness, Véronique le Goaziou went onto the front line, into the squats and slums of the Bouches-du-Rhône, and around Saint-Charles station in Marseille. For two years she accompanied social workers in their efforts to help the homeless and destitute.

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