We know that there is in our companies(societies) a tendency to the homogamie. What ishe(it) in the friendly relations? Does the choice of the friends answer the same logic of socialnearness as that of the spouse? In statistical terms, to answer this question means wondering ifwe observe a...

Various indicators are available to locate the social position of the French people: theirprofession, their level of resources or threir education. This notes examine the links of theseelements in a logic that stems from approaches like analysis of the “status cristallization” orBourdieu’s...

“The sociology of lifestyles is dominated – especially in France – by a theoretical modelknown as The Distinction model (Bourdieu, 1979) that establishes a systematiccorrespondence between the space of practices and consumptions on the one hand and thespace of social positions on the...

[eng] From Dualism to Flexibility of Work Jean-Pierre Jaslin, Jocelyne Loos, Michel Forsé At the end of the seventies it seemed that the labour market would be divided into two parts : in the first workers would be assured of keeping their jobs ; in the second there would be a high level of...