This PhD dissertation combines the approaches of economic sociology and sociology of knowledge in order to analyze the social mechanisms underlying the conversion into organic farming. Based on an empirical study and analysis of a complete social network describing the interdependencies among...

Today television programs produced by a few American companies, the Majors, are among the most popular with viewers. This dissertation examines the process of cultural uniformisation that has driven this phenomenon by focusing on commercial interactions in the global distribution market for...

In this dissertation, we analyze the social construction of a market of TV programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on the study of a trade fair where buyers (TV channels, distribution intermediaries) and sellers of TV programs (studios, distributors and independent producers) can meet, negotiate,...

Cet article examine les caractéristiques du régime consulaire de contrôle social des marchés en s’appuyant sur une étude du fonctionnement du tribunal de commerce de Paris, une institution créée au xvie siècle. L’examen du raisonnement pragmatique des juges de l’économie et son...

Cet article explore la polynormativité contemporaine du contrôle social des marchés en la reliant à l’origine professionnelle des 151 juges consulaires du Tribunal de commerce de Paris (2005-2006). Le commentaire jurisprudentiel des juges sur trois cas d’espèce où ils disposent d’un...

This paper explores the contemporary polynormativity of the social control of business. We look at the relationship between the professional origin of 151 lay judges at the Commercial Court of Paris (2005-2006) and the norms on which they rely to make discretionary judicial decisions. The...