How are municipal safety authorities organised?

Expertise, security and local politics in Lyon, Nice, Rennes and Strasbourg from 1995 to 2020 - Audrey Freyermuth (Sciences Po Aix, Mesopolhis) By studying the birth and reorganisation of municipal administrations dedicated to security between 1995 and 2020 in Lyon, Nice, Rennes and Strasbourg, we show how the dynamics of the local political game encourage the disqualification and...

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The sociologist at the theatre - Artistic ritual and cultural dispositions

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....

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Social order, electoral disorder - A sociology of the 2017 vote

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...

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Ariane Richard-Bossez, "L'entrée dans les apprentissages scolaires et ses inégalités, Lecture sociologique de la construction des savoirs à l'école maternelle", Ed. PUR, 2023

L'entrée dans les apprentissages scolaires et ses inégalités Lecture sociologique de la construction des savoirs à l'école maternelle Richard-Bossez Ariane (aut.)Vitale Philippe (préface) Since the start of the 2019 school year, the age of compulsory education has been raised from 6 to 3 in order to promote academic success for all children and combat inequalities in learning. However, since...

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CHAMAHIAN Aline, "La sociologie face à la maladie d'Alzheimer" , Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2023

In the face of Alzheimer's disease, sociology proved to be particularly prolific in the 2000s. Buoyed by a context in which Alzheimer's disease was a growing concern, and encouraged by dedicated funding, a wealth of work emerged. This book gives an account of this 'Alzheimer's moment' in sociology, from the...

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Marc Bernardot, Clôtures. Sociologie du confinement et de l'effacement. Collection K, TERRA-HN-éditions, 2023

With the support of MESOPOLHIS and the Institut Sociétés en Mutation en Méditerranée (SoMuM), Marc Bernardot's book Clôtures. Sociologie du confinement et de l'effacement, Collection K, TERRA-HN-éditions, 2023, ISBN 979-10-95908-04-3, licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0, will be available in open access and in full text on the publisher's website in April 2023. Summary. This digital work is the second part of a triptych....

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Rozenn NAKANABO DIALLO, "Politiques de la nature, Nature de l'Etat. Fabriquer l'action publique au Mozambique", Monographie, Ed. Karthala, 2022.

Summary This book shows the close relationship between nature policies and the nature of the State, applied to the case of Mozambique. The study of public policies on nature over the long term sheds light on the (re)deployment of a State with limited capacities throughout the country, but which has nevertheless been made possible by the emergence of new builders: a...

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Walter BRUYERE-OSTELLS, "Le COS: histoire des forces spéciales françaises", Monographie, Ed. Perrin, 2022.

SUMMARY The true story of France's special forces. The Special Operations Command (COS) was created by a decree issued by Defence Minister Pierre Joxe on 24 June 1992. Based in Paris, this joint staff was responsible for designing, planning and conducting military operations by French special forces. These missions, located outside the...

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Nicole Ramognino, "L'Enigme sociologique", Monographie, Presses Universitaires de Provence, 2022

The Sociological Enigma is in two volumes. This second volume offers a dialogue on three anthropological dimensions of the social. Presses Universitaires de Provence, 2022 After a first volume that reviews a number of debates opposing the different schools of sociology in France, this second volume explores the complexity of the sociological object through the...

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