repertoires of evaluation in France and the United States /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Michèle Lamont and Laurent Thévenot.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 375 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge cultural social studies
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-366) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : Toward a renewed comparative cultural sociology / Michèle Lamont and Laurent Thévenot -- The rhetorics of racism and anti-racism in France and the United States / Michèle Lamont -- Sexual harassment in France and the United States : activists and public figures defend their definitions / Abigail Cope Saguy -- Assessing the literary : intellectual boundaries in French and American literary studies / Jason Duell -- Culture or commerce? Symbolic boundaries in French and American book publishing / Daniel Weber -- Involvement and detachment among French and American journalists : to be or not to be a "real" professional / Cyril Lemieux and John Schmalzbauer -- From rejection of contemporary art to culture war / Nathalie Heinich -- Community and civic culture : the Rotary Club in France and the United States / Agnès Camus-Vigué -- Forms of valuing nature : arguments and modes of justification in French and American environmental disputes / Laurent Thévenot, Michael Moody and Claudette Lafaye -- Comparing models of strategy, interests, and the public good in French and American environmental disputes / Michael Moody and Laurent Thévenot -- Conclusion : Exploring the French and the American polity / Laurent Thévenot and Michèle Lamont.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This work provides a new theoretical framework for understanding cross-national cultural differences. Focusing on France and America, it analyses how the people of these two different cultures make judgements about politics, economics and morals.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
University of South Alabama
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cognition and culture-- France, Case studies.
Cognition and culture-- United States, Case studies.
Evaluation-- France, Case studies.
Evaluation-- United States, Case studies.
Evaluation, Cross-cultural studies.
Sociology-- Comparative method, Case studies.
Cognition et culture-- États-Unis-- Cas, Études de.
Cognition et culture-- France-- Cas, Études de.
Évaluation-- États-Unis-- Cas, Études de.
Évaluation-- France-- Cas, Études de.
Évaluation, Études transculturelles.
Sociologie-- Méthode comparative-- Cas, Études de.
Cognition and culture-- France, Case studies.
Cognition and culture-- United States, Case studies.
Cognition and culture.
Cognition et culture-- États-Unis.
Cognition et culture-- France.
Évaluation-- États-Unis.
Évaluation-- Études transculturelles.
Evaluation-- France, Case studies.
Évaluation-- France.
Evaluation-- United States, Case studies.
Evaluation, Cross-cultural studies.
Evaluation.
Kultursoziologie
Kulturvergleich
Sociologia (cultura;estudo comparativo)-- França;estados unidos.