La méthodologie de Pierre Bourdieu en action

Savage, Mike; Roux, Brigitte Le; Hjellbrekke, Johannes; Laurison, Daniel

doi:10.3917/dunod.lebar.2015.01.0183

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“…Recent studies have not managed to replicate the structuring of the social space in terms of the ‘volume’, followed by the ‘structure’ of economic and cultural variables, but in terms of diploma followed by age (Bonnet et al, 2015: 103, 105–107; Combes and Glevarec, 2021; Coulangeon, 2013: 188; Glevarec and Cibois, 2020; Glevarec and Pinet, 2017; Glevarec et al, 2020). The results do not confirm the two axes of the social space; for example, for ‘cultural space’ in the UK, the first axis ‘of cultural commitment’ is linked ‘to income and to a lesser extent to professional groups’ while the second, which pits ‘classical and intellectual taste’ against ‘emerging cultural capital’, is ‘mainly associated with age’ (Savage et al, 2015: 190–192). However, this has not resulted in any revision or alternative theorisation.…”

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Social Space as a Theory of Society: Scientific Arguments Regarding the Figuration of the Social in Bourdieu’s Distinction

Glevarec

2022

Sociology

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At the core of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological theory lies the notion of ‘social space’, which in Distinction is embodied under the headings ‘the space of social positions’ and ‘the space of life-styles’. Social space is not a product of correspondence analysis, and yet it is deemed to be a true representation of a national society with ‘universal validity’. Contemporary sociology has not tested the scientific foundation of the Bourdieusian social space, or challenged it using contemporary factorial plans for culture practices. The purpose of this article is therefore to examine social space in four steps: (1) review the supposedly factorial character of the ‘social space’ diagram, and basic concepts, such as ‘lifestyle’ and ‘relative structure of the capital’; (2) analyse the representativeness of the ad hoc cultural survey; (3) critique the interpretation of the two ‘variants of tastes’; and (4) rethink the ‘variant of dominant taste’. What we suggest from our findings is that social space should no longer be considered as a well-founded representation of society.

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Social Space as a Theory of Society: Scientific Arguments Regarding the Figuration of the Social in Bourdieu’s Distinction

Glevarec

2022

Sociology

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“…We suggest building typologies out of individual data (see Savage et al . ()) and to adapt the scores and their evolution along time units, obtaining precise and understandable indicators.…”

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New Statistics For Old?—Measuring the Wellbeing of The UK

Allin

Hand

2016

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society

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Summary Attempts to create measures of national wellbeing and progress have a long history. In the UK, they go back at least as far as the 1790s, with Sir John Sinclair's Statistical Account of Scotland. More recently, worldwide interest has led to the creation of various indices seeking to go beyond familiar economic measures like gross domestic product. We review the ‘Measuring national well‐being’ development programme of the UK's Office for National Statistics and explore some of the challenges which need to be faced to bring wider measures into use. These include the importance of getting the measures adopted as policy drivers, how to challenge the continuing dominance of economic measures, sustainability and environmental issues, international comparability and methodological statistical questions.

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Battles and crossings of methods: Sequence analysis and geometric data analysis for the study of professional careers

Michon

2024

Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/Bulletin de Méthodologie S

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This article proposes to discuss the exploratory use of two quantitative methods: on the one hand sequence analysis combined with optimal matching methods, and on the other hand geometric data analysis, more specifically multiple correspondence analysis and principal component analysis, combined with hierarchical ascending classifications. The aim is not to determine whether one method is more effective than another, nor to pit them against each other. The aim is to identify similarities and differences, and, more generally, to reflect on the cross-use of quantitative methods. The approach is decidedly practical and reflective. It consists of opening up the kitchen of implementation through a case study: build a typology of the professional futures of the accredited parliamentary assistants at the European Parliament. The paper defends the idea that typologies are tools and stages in analysis. Putting these methods to the test in this way aims to highlight several issues, suggest avenues of analysis, and highlight the need to explore the data using a variety of tools. This text is an invitation to compare and combine methods, and to use them in a considered and non-mechanical way, taking into account their strengths but also their weaknesses, which are also instructive.

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La méthodologie de Pierre Bourdieu en action

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Social Space as a Theory of Society: Scientific Arguments Regarding the Figuration of the Social in Bourdieu’s Distinction

Social Space as a Theory of Society: Scientific Arguments Regarding the Figuration of the Social in Bourdieu’s Distinction

New Statistics For Old?—Measuring the Wellbeing of The UK

Battles and crossings of methods: Sequence analysis and geometric data analysis for the study of professional careers

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