Bourdieu's Theory of Social Fields : Concepts and Applications (Paperback)

Introduction to Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Social Fields Mathieu Hilgers and Eric Mangez Part I: Theoretical Investigations 1.Was Bourdieu a Field Theorist? John Levi Martin and Forest Gregg 2.The Limits of the Field: Elements for a Theory of the Social Differentiation of Activities Bernard Lahire 3. The Field: a Leibnizian Perspective in Sociology Louis Pinto Part II: Education, Culture And Organization 4. Collective Agents in the School Field: Positions, Dispositions and Position-taking, in Educational and Vocational Guidance Geraldine Andre and Mathieu Hilgers 5.The Literary Field between the State and the Market Gisele Sapiro 6. A Heuristic Tool: On the Use of the Concept of the Field in Two Studies of Culture Julien Duval Part III: The State And Public Policy 7.The Field of Power and the Relative Autonomy of Social Fields. The Case of Belgium Eric Mangez and Georges Lienard 8. The Fields of Public Policy Vincent Dubois 9.Field Theory and Organizational Power: Four Modes of Influence among Public Policy "Think Tanks" Thomas Medvetz 10. Crafting the Neoliberal State Workfare, Prisonfare and Social Insecurity Loic Wacquant Afterword: Theory of Fields in the Postcolonial Age Mathieu Hilgers and Eric Mangez