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Les inspecteurs des finances, une histoire française [PDF]

, 2013
Encore un dictionnaire historique, encore un ouvrage de plus de 1 000 pages issu des activités du Comité pour l’histoire économique et financière de la France, encore une prosopographie d’un petit segment des élites françaises (jamais plus de quelques ...
Lemercier, Claire
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The Old Regime (of Mutualisation) and the Revolution (of Big Data)

The British Journal of Sociology, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 431-438, June 2026.
ABSTRACT In his classic work L'ancien régime et la révolution, Alexis de Tocqueville proposes a reinterpretation of the French Revolution: behind the spectacular ruptures associated with the event, profound continuities are at play. Beyond the specific case of the French Revolution, Tocqueville calls for vigilance in mobilizing the notion of revolution
Pierre Francois
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Expanding the Methodological Repertoire in Institutional Ethnography: A Design Sociology Approach to Mapping and Visualizing Invisible Work

Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 63, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This article presents a novel methodological approach in which institutional ethnography borrows from design sociology. Although mapping is a core component of institutional ethnography, previous research highlights opportunities to further develop mapping techniques as both an analytical tool and a means of presenting research findings ...
Anna Isaksson
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Les finances publiques vues par un sociologue [PDF]

, 2016
Colloque Les finances publiques : quelle place pour demain ?, Société française de finances publiques, Paris, 15 et 16 janvier 2015National audienceLa sociologie des finances publiques, issue des écoles autrichienne et italienne, étudie la relation ...
Leroy, Marc
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‘Just Love Us, We'll Do the Rest’. Competing Repertoires of Agrarian Anti‐Environmentalism

Sociologia Ruralis, Volume 66, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Agrarian mobilisations no longer target solely public authorities, legislation and its economic and professional consequences. They are now increasingly structured to respond to other social movements and produce a structured discourse aimed at public opinion.
Sylvain Brunier, Baptiste Kotras
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On Medical Domination

The British Journal of Sociology, Volume 77, Issue 2, Page 189-200, March 2026.
ABSTRACT In this article, I propose and define the concept of medical domination by combining insights from political sociology, Bourdieu's theory of domination, and intersectional perspectives. Drawing on a multi‐sited ethnographic study of abortion services in France, I analyse how a set of legitimised and institutionalised power practices shape ...
Raphaël Perrin
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Appel à communications: Instruments, luttes d'acteurs et jeux de pouvoir dans la gouvernance des finances publiques [PDF]

, 2016
Instruments, luttes d’acteurs et jeux de pouvoir dans la gouvernance des finances publiques L'Association Belge de Sciences Politiques tiendra son septième congrès triennal du 3 au 7 avril 2017 à Mons, sur le thème "L'Etat face à ses transformations ...
Maëlle Cappello
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Lost in Evaluation: The Intricacies of First‐ and Second‐Order Evaluations in Auditors' Promotion Committees in the Big 4 Audit Firms

Contemporary Accounting Research, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 370-397, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT The evaluation of auditors in the Big 4 audit firms has largely remained a “black box” in accounting and audit research. Little is known about how these processes operate within audit firms or how they relate to promotion decisions. This study addresses this gap by providing direct insight into promotion committee decision‐making.
Claire Garnier, Sébastien Stenger, Thomas Roulet   +2 more
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Prestige at Play: University Hierarchies and the Reproduction of Funding Inequalities

Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 63, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the relationship between university prestige, disciplinary cultures, and the (re)production of funding inequalities in the humanities and social sciences. We combine qualitative and quantitative methods by analyzing: (1) data on 56,680 successful and unsuccessful grant applications submitted to the Canadian Social ...
Julien Larregue, Alice Pavie
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Gender, SSE and French public policies for ageing at home

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Volume 96, Issue 4, Page 749-767, December 2025.
Abstract In France as in other countries, there is a consensual preference by public authorities, old people and their families to stay at home as long as possible. This means the necessity of care work carried out informally by relatives, or formally by professionals.
Annie Dussuet, Louise Gasté
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