For more than half a century, the United States has led the world in developing major
technologies that drive the modern economy and underpin its prosperity. In America, Inc …

The sociology of punishment has developed a rich understanding of the social and historical
forces that have transformed American penality during the last 40 years. But whereas these …

THE AMERICAN PRESENT IS AT ODDS with representations of the American past. The
American present witnesses the steady aggrandizement of executive, administrative …

“Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife,” wrote
John Dewey in his classic work The School and Society. In School, Society, and State, Tracy …

Employing a Weberian understanding of the centrality of a strong bureaucracy in the modern
nation-state, this article examines the relationship between the state and elite education in …

'As enjoyable as it is thought-provoking'Jared Diamond By the authors of the international
bestseller Why Nations Fail, based on decades of research, this powerful new big-picture …

Dans cet article introductif, King et Le Galès rappellent tout d'abord les enjeux de la
sociologie de l'État, champ de recherche en recomposition, tout comme l'État qu'elle vise à …

Between 1987 and today Algeria has been engaged in a conflict pitching the army against
Islamist guerilla groups which has killed more than 200.000 people. During the same period …

" En agosto de 2008, el gobierno británico publicó su primer" Registro Nacional de
Riesgos", que contenía una" evaluación de los riesgos de las emergencias civiles a las que …

Résumé L'article pose la question de savoir s' il ya profit à travailler sur l'histoire du domaine
social dans une perspective transnationale. Quatre faisceaux d'indices sont proposés …