In a famous experiment, Stanley Milgram showed in 1969 that, on the average, 6 links (therefore passing through 5 intermediates) were sufficient to connect two strangers in the United States. These six degrees of separation have been observed by other studies but also carrying on small samples....

[fre] L'économie «informelle» est définie par les économistes en opposition aux activités économiques comptabilisables et en fonction des réglementations de la puissance publique, ce qui les enferme dans une contradiction : évaluer ce qui échappe à leurs comptes. Les sociologues...

[eng] Centered on the problem of the creation of associations, this article is intended to be a stage in the research on links between associative movement and social change. Thanks to the statistical data developed by the OFCE from the statements of the Official Journal for the years 1937,...

[eng] A sense of depression is spreading amongst the French and they feel the overall economic situation is gloomy. At the same time, they feel relatively satisfied with their living conditions and cast a realistic judgment on the French society. Family structures are continuing to evolve and...

[fre] La réflexion sur l'évolution de la structure de la société française a été au centre de la campagne présidentielle. La contestation des élites et l'importance accordée par les médias à la pauvreté relèvent de la même inquiétude : la société française est-elle en train de...

[eng] Economic liberalism and interventionism. A comparative analysis of opinions about the economic role of government in six countries Economic liberalism and interventionism A comparative analysis of opinions about the economic role of government in six countries Michel Forse The analysis of...

[eng] This article reviews the principle results of an inquiry on home communications, conducted in 1987 for France-Télécom. It concerns financial budgets and household schedules for different communication activities : reading, the press, telephone, radio, television, records, videorecorder,...

[eng] The reduction in inequality in the educational system is not enough to cope with inequal chances Michel Forsé The net social mobility has not change in France between 1982 and 1994. Yet, in the same time, the inegality in school achievement has slowly decreased with respect to social...

[eng] The recent events in Eastern Europe offer a new opportunity to rise the question of Western Europe unity. Diversity is obvious as shown by economies, idioms, religions... Even within the same nation, regional contrasts can be more important than differences between two countries. In the...

[eng] The decline of marriage, both massive and historically unprecedented goes with an important rise of cohabitation, illegitimate births, celibacy and divorces, in fact less and less followed by a remarriage. Thus a marked increase in the number of single-headed families. Is married couple be...