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...

[fre] La sociologie rurale n'existait pas en France en 1950. Petit à petit, elle s'est constituée au CNRS et à l'Université, et elle réunit aujourd'hui de nombreux spécialistes de domaines différents. La réduction de la population agricole et la montée des problèmes d'environnement lui...

[eng] French Society Carried Along by its Central Constellation Henri Mendras Today the hierarchical and pyramidal vision of society seems to be out of date as does the marxist vision. A « cosmographie » vision seems more relevant in accounting for the recent transformations of French society....