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Book by Thomas Douniès, Vanille Laborde and Guillaume Silhol (ed.): «Fabrique politique de l'École, fabrique scolaire du politique».»
Thomas Douniès, Vanille Laborde, Guillaume Silhol (ed.), Fabrique politique de l'École, fabrique scolaire du politique, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, collection Paradoxa, 2026, 404p. (ISSN 25528203 - EAN 9782757445860) Summary: An invitation to think of the school as a space of political power, legitimisation and uprising. Read more Who governs schools today? What role...
Read MoreBook by Nicolas Badalassi: «France's Mediterranean Cold War. From Charles de Gaulle to François Mitterrand».»
Nicolas Badalassi, France's Mediterranean Cold War. From Charles de Gaulle to François Mitterrand, Routledge, 2026, 324p. (ISBN 9781041234234 - DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003737148) Abstract: This book explores how, following the Algerian War, the Mediterranean emerged as a key battleground of the Cold War for France. Between the 1960s and 1980s, France positioned itself as the United States’...
Read MoreBook by Lucas Faure: «Les ONG humanitaires musulmanes en France. Gouverner le social par le religieux».»
Lucas Faure, Les ONG humanitaires musulmanes en France. Gouverner le social par le religieux, Le Cavalier Bleu Editions, collection Mimed, February 2026, 312p. (ISBN: 979-10-318-0827-7) Overview: Since the 2010s, Muslim humanitarian NGOs have emerged as the most dynamic players in the Muslim community sector, forming part of local solidarity networks...
Read MorePhilippe Aldrin, co-editor of a book with the Collectif ALCoV: «Les contextes du vote. L'ancrage social des pratiques électorales».»
Collectif ALCoV (Ed.), Les contextes du vote. L'ancrage social des pratiques électorales, Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 31 October 2025. ALCoV is the acronym of the ANR-funded research programme, «Analyse localisée et comparative du vote». For more information: https://spx.hypotheses.org/6275 Presentation: This book retraces two decades of French research on the contexts of voting, opening the way for a...
Read MoreBook by Frédéric Monier: "Un pouvoir malhonnête. Public corruption in France, 18th-20th centuries".
Frédéric Monier, Un pouvoir malhonnête. La corruption publique en France, 18e-20e siècles, Champ Vallon, 12 September 2025, 256p. ISBN 979-10-267-1370-8 Shortlisted for the "Van Ruymbeke Prize" launched this year (2025) by Transparency International France: https://transparency-france.org/2025/09/12/lancement-du-prix-van-ruymbeke/ Presentation: This book offers a history of corruption, as the French have perceived it and...
Read MoreYoann Morvan, co-editor of the book "Le genre en questions au Moyen-Orient. An approach through urban spaces".
Thierry BOISSIERE, Gaëlle GILLOT, Yoann MORVAN (dir.), Le genre en questions au Moyen-Orient. Une approche par les espaces urbains, Éditions Le Cavalier Bleu, 28 August 2025, 256p. Presentation: Far from the fixed and naturalised representations of a Middle East perceived as immobile and conservative, this book explores the contemporary dynamics of gender relations and identifications in the Middle East....
Read MoreBook in tribute to Pierre Vergès: "From large numbers to singularities: methodological experiments in sociology".
Pierre Vergès, Des grands nombres aux singularités : Expérimentations méthodologiques en sociologie, published by Hermann, 25 June 2025, 358p. Pierre Vergès, a graduate of the Arts et Métiers engineering school and holder of a doctorate in economics, was director of research at the CNRS. He successively directed the Centre de recherche en écologie sociale (CRES) at the EHESS in Marseille, then the Laboratoire...
Read MoreSaïd Belguidoum and Constance De Gourcy (eds.): "La Méditerranée traversée. Narrative, sensitive figures of mobility".
Saïd Belguidoum, Constance De Gourcy (dir.), La Méditerranée traversée. Récit, figures sensibles de la mobilité, Presses Universitaires de Provence, May 2025, 274p. With the participation of : Maria Elena Buslacchi, Eleni Demetriou, Andrea Gallinal Arias, Léna Haziza, Sylvie Mazzella, Melissa Moralli, Léa Nivoix, Natalia Ribas-Mateos, Marie-Pierre Ulloa Back cover: This book is a...
Read MoreBook by Jonathan Hassine: "Soldiers and the State in Lebanon at war".
Jonathan Hassine, Les soldats et l'État dans le Liban en guerre, Presses Universitaires de France, April 2025, 496p. Back cover Contrary to popular belief, the Lebanese army and military were not powerless spectators of the war that tore Lebanon apart from 1975 to 1990. Thanks to sources written in Arabic, English and French, this...
Read MoreBook by Natalia Ribas-Mateos: "A Message to You. A Cartography of Mobilities - Sexual Border Violence, Solidarities and Global Cities".
Natalia Ribas-Mateos, A Message to You. A Cartography of Mobilities - Sexual Border Violence, Solidarities and Global Cities, ibidem Press, March 2025, 280p. ISBN: 9783838219387 Summary: New analytical frameworks help us to shed light on global transformations regarding community responses and complex ways to think about gendered solidarities. Bringing together different ethnographic fieldworks, Ribas-Mateos...
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