Les enjeux démocratiques de la statistique ethnique
The use of ethnic categories in sociology : a critical, coordinated presentation and debate. Ethnic categories have only gradually come to be used in sociology in France, and the process has been punctuated with acrimonious debate due to how remote such categories are from French intellectual tra...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Français |
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2008
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | The use of ethnic categories in sociology : a critical, coordinated presentation and debate.
Ethnic categories have only gradually come to be used in sociology in France, and the process
has been punctuated with acrimonious debate due to how remote such categories are from French
intellectual tradition. Use of them has nonetheless attained greater scientific legitimacy because
of their sociological relevance, while empirical and linguistic elaboration of them has remained
somewhat uncertain and complex. In his presentation of the issue, Georges Felouzis probes the
question of the place of ethnic categories in French sociology from both theoretical and empirical
perspectives. Dominique Schnapper examines the social and democracy-related issues involved in
using such categories. Richard Alba and Nancy Denton present the successes and limitations of
the use of racial and ethnic categories in the United States. Patrick Simon reflects on how to
describe ethnic social relations. |
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