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Confined in their governmental ivory towers, their actions largely dictated by public opinion polls, politicians and state officials are all too often oblivious to the everyday lives of ordinary citizens. These persons, who often experience so much hardship in their lives, have few ways to make themselves heard and are obliged either to protest outside official frameworks or remain locked in the silence of their despair. Under the direction of Pierre Bourdieu, France s foremost sociologist, a team of 22 researchers spent three years studying and analyzing the new forces of social suffering that characterize contemporary societies the daily suffering of those denied the means of acquiring a socially dignified existence and of those poorly adjusted to the rapidly changing conditions of their lives. Social workers, teachers, policemen, factory workers, white-collar clerks, farmers, artisans, shopkeepers no one seems to be immune from the frustrations of today s life, not to speak of the institutions of the family, work, and education.

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Author:   Pierre Bourdieu ,  Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson
Publisher:   Stanford University Press
Imprint:   Stanford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.245kg
ISBN:  

9780804738446

ISBN 10:   0804738440
Pages:   656
Publication Date:   01 February 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Translator's preface; Acknowledgements; To the reader Pierre Bourdieu; Part I. The Space of Points of View Pierre Bourdieu: 1. Jonquil street Pierre Bourdieu; 2. A displaced family Abdelmalek Sayad; 3. Everyone in a place of their own Rosine Christin; 4. The view from the media Patrick Champagne; 5. The order of things Pierre Bourdieu; 6. An integrated family Patrick Champagne; 7. A bad investment Gabrielle Balazs; 8. Rehabilitation Gabrielle Balazs; 9. The last difference Patrick Champagne; Part II. Site Effects Pierre Bourdieu: 10. America as social dystopia Loic J. D. Wacquant; 11. Inside 'the zone' Loic J. D. Wacquant; 12. Homeless in El Barrio Philippe Bourgois; Part III. Abdication of the State Pierre Bourdieu: 13. An impossible mission Pierre Bourdieu; 14. Institutional bad faith Pierre Bourdieu; 15. Double binds Pierre Bourdieu and Gabrielle Balazs; 16. The view from the state Patrick Champagne; 17. Disorder among agents of order Remi Lenoir; 18. Woman and cop Remi Lenoir; 19. A living reproach Remi Lenoir; Part IV. The Way Down: 20. Permanent and temporary workers Michel Pialoux and Stephane Beaud; 21. The old worker and the new plant Michel Pialoux; 22. The temp's dream Stephane Beaud; 23. Working nights Rosine Christin; 24. Possession Rosine Christin; 25. The end of a world Pierre Bourdieu; 26. The shop steward's world in disarray Michel Pialoux; 27. The stolen work Sandrine Garcia; 28. A silent witness Rosine Christin; 29. Such a fragile equilibrium Pierre Bourdieu and Gabrielle Balazs; 30. Hanging by a thread Pierre Bourdieu; 31. A life lost Pierre Bourdieu; 32. The fall Patrick Champagne; 33. Broken careers Louis Pinto; Part V. Outcasts on the Inside Pierre Bourdieu and Patrick Champagne: 34. Those were the days Pierre Bourdieu; 35. A paradise lost Sylvain Broccolichi; 36. Cogs in the machine Sylvain Broccolichi and Francoise Euvrard; 37. A double life Rosine Christin; 38. French class Rosine Christin; 39. The upper hand Sylvain Broccolichi; 40. Institutional violence Gabrielle Balazs and Abdelmalek Sayad; Part VI. The Contradictions of Inheritance Pierre Bourdieu: 41. Academic destiny Alain Accardo; 42. A compromising success Charles Soulie; 43. The spirit of contradiction Emmanuel Bourdieu and Denis Podalydes; 44. Wife and colleague Jean-Pierre Faguer; 45. The curse Abdelmalek Sayad; 46. Emancipation Abdelmalek Sayad; 47. The sick person as object Francois Bonvin; 48. Solitude Gabrielle Balazs; Part VII. Understanding Pierre Bourdieu: 49. Postscript Pierre Bourdieu; Glossary; Index.

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