Work

Constance De Gourcy, Collection Migrations - PUFR, June 2024, 156p. This short but dense work, which is the result of a dissertation for a post-graduate diploma (Habilitation à diriger des recherches), aims to fill a gap in French-language sociological literature. Indeed, since the seminal work of sociologist Abdelmalek Sayad, the term "absence" has been absent from research, with the exception of works on the...

Défenseur des droits, Bozec Géraldine, Blassel Romane, Cécile Rodrigues, Laura Schuft, Christelle Hamel, Karimi Hanane, Weiss Pierre-Olivier, Ludovic Morand, Marguerite Cognet, Fabrice Dhume, 24 April 2024, 39p. Based on a quantitative and qualitative survey of students' and staff members' experiences of discrimination at university, this report analyses the factors and mechanisms that lead to institutional reporting of discrimination...

Jessy Bailly, published by Editions du Septentrion, 2024, 396p. Can representative democracy still be reformed? This is the task set by groups of local activists in France, Spain and Belgium who are trying to monitor the actions of their elected representatives, in the context of the crisis in the political system.

Océane Perona, published by Julliard, 2024, 147 pages Héloïse sleeps badly and drinks too much coffee. In her office at the Violences group, the days go by and the minutes of rape victims' interviews pile up on the table. Every day, Héloïse has the feeling that she's working her socks off for nothing, since most of her investigations...

By Claire Bénit-Gbaffou, UCL Press, published 27 February 2024, 494 Pages Why are even progressive local authorities with the 'will to improve' seldom able to change cities? Why does it seem almost impossible to redress spatial inequalities, deliver and maintain basic services, elevate impoverished areas and protect the marginalised communities? Why do municipalities in...

Sylvie Mazzella, Laurence Americi, éditions Gaussen, 2023, 160 pages This illustrated book, published to mark the 350th anniversary of the Mont de piété, which became the Crédit Municipal de Marseille, invites us to delve into the history of pawnbroking, a practice that is more relevant than ever in a world shaken by economic and financial crises. This is a first...

Yannick Duvauchelle (associate researcher at Mesopolhis)- Editions L'Harmattan, Collection: Logiques sociales - sociologie des arts "This book is the result of an immersive investigation within a participative creative project: teenagers from contrasting social backgrounds were invited to take part in the creation of a theatre show, within a national stage....

Edited by Éric Agrikoliansky, Catherine Achin, Philippe Aldrin (Sciences Po Aix, Mesopolhis), Lorenzo Barrault-Stella, Kevin Geay. Is voting just a matter of numbers? This is the impression that can be given by an election chronicle focused on the curve of voting intentions or on the percentages of composition or distribution of votes. But if the vote...