Traditionally in French, social link was derogatory, recently it has become wishful goal. The book by Robert D. Putnam, Bowling alone, analyses a great deal of material to show that Americans are loosing their traditional associativeness. Some of his indices are not quite convincing. A...

Recent victimization surveys give new data on criminality in different European countries. The statistics show that the evolution of criminality in France is following the same trend as the other European countries and the level of criminality is close to the average of Europe.France is...

[eng] Numerous studies of rural geography, rural history, electoral, economic and religious geography have revealed the regional diversities of the French rural areas. This diversity makes every nation-wide sociological analysis fruitless; especially studies of social changes must, to make...