{"product_id":"rethinking-comparative-cultural-sociology-repertoires-of-evaluation-in-france-and-the-united-states-hardback-9780521782630","title":"Rethinking Comparative Cultural Sociology; Repertoires of Evaluation in France and the United States (Hardback) 9780521782630","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRethinking Comparative Cultural Sociology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRepertoires of Evaluation in France and the United States\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book provides a powerful theoretical framework for understanding cross-national cultural differences.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichèle Lamont (Edited by), Laurent Thévenot (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521782630, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 December 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages, 9 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.74 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Rethinking Comparative Cultural Sociology is the product of an unprecedented multiyear collaboration between 11 French and American researchers...[it is] an extraordinary contribution to the field of comparative cultural sociology.\"  American Journal of Sociology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book provides a powerful theoretical framework for understanding cross-national cultural differences. Focusing on France and America, it analyses how the people of these two different cultures mobilise national 'repertoires of evaluation' to make judgements about politics, economics, morals and aesthetics. The analysis draws on eight case studies by eleven French and American researchers who have worked together over a number of years to develop systematic comparisons between these countries. The topics are wide-ranging, comparing how individuals use the cultural tools at their disposal to answer questions such as: are races equal? What constitutes sexual harassment? What is the value of contemporary art? Should journalists be neutral? How can the defense of the environment be reconciled with economic imperatives? Moving beyond simplistic essentialist models of national character, this comparative approach offers important insights that will interest not only sociologists but also political scientists and anthropologists.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: toward a renewed comparative cultural sociology Michèle Lamont and Laurent Thévenot\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Race, Gender, and Multiculturalism: 2. The rhetorics of racism and anti-racism in France and the United States Michèle Lamont\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sexual harassment in France and the United States: activists and public figures defend their definitions Abigail Cope Saguy\u003cbr\u003e 4. Assessing the literary\u003cbr\u003e intellectual boundaries in French and American literary studies Jason Duell\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Cultural Sphere: Publishing, Journalism, and the Arts: 5. Culture or commerce? Symbolic boundaries in French and American book publishing Daniel Weber\u003cbr\u003e 6. Involvement and detachment among French and American journalists: to be or not to be a 'real' professional Cyril Lemieux and John Schmalzbauer\u003cbr\u003e 7. From rejection of contemporary art to culture war Nathalie Heinich\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Political Cultures and Practices\u003cbr\u003e 8. Community and civic culture: the Rotary Club in France and the United States Agnès Camus-Vigué\u003cbr\u003e 9. Political practice and culture in French and American environmental disputes: 9a. French and American disputes: an introduction Claudette Lafaye, Michael Moody and Laurent Thévenot\u003cbr\u003e 9b. Forms of valuing nature: arguments and modes of justification in French and American environmental disputes Laurent Thévenot, Michael Moody and Claudette Lafaye\u003cbr\u003e 9c. Comparing models of strategy, interests, and the public good in French and American environmental disputes Michael Moody and Laurent Thévenot\u003cbr\u003e 10. Conclusion: Exploring the French and the American polity Laurent Thèvenot and Michèle Lamont.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265077235992,"sku":"9780521782630","price":87.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521782630i.jpg?v=1692019258","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rethinking-comparative-cultural-sociology-repertoires-of-evaluation-in-france-and-the-united-states-hardback-9780521782630","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}