| Description |
viii, 223 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : symbolic power and democratic practice -- Pointers on Pierre Bourdieu and democratic politics / Loïc Wacquant -- From the king's house to the reason of state : a model of the genesis of the bureaucratic field / Pierre Bourdieu -- The mystery of ministry : from particular wills to the general will / Pierre Bourdieu -- Scholarship with commitment : on the political engagements of Pierre Bourdieu / Franck Poupeau and Thierry Discepolo -- Ancien régime ballots : a double historicization of electoral practices / Olivier Christin -- "Making the people speak" : on the social uses of and reactions to public opinion polls / Patrick Champagne -- Symbolic power in the rule of the "state nobility" / Loïc Wacquant -- The making and breaking of the Czechoslovak political field / Gil Eyal -- The cunning of imperialist reason / Pierre Bourdieu and Loïc Wacquant -- Key writings of Pierre Bourdieu on democratic politics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002.
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Political sociology.
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Democracy.
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Political science.
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| Author |
Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002.
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Wacquant, Loïc J. D.
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| ISBN |
0745634877 |
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