Presentation

The specialty method conference offers a space for discussion and for utilizing the theoretical, conceptual and methodological knowledge in political sociology that the students have already acquired and are in the process of learning.  For this purpose, classical literature in this field will be studied. The objective of the method conference is to provide different keys for interpreting the contemporary transformations that affect politics in France and Europe.

Recommended Prerequisite(s)

French institutions and political history ; comparative politics.

Bibliography

• Braud P., Sociologie politique, Paris, LGDJ, 2006.
• Colas D., Sociologie politique, Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 2002.
• Déloye Y., Sociologie historique du politique, Paris, La Découverte, 2003.
• Dormagen Y. & Mouchard D., Introduction à la sociologie politique, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 2015.
• Douillet A.C., Sociologie politique : comportements, acteurs, organisations, Paris, Armand Colin, 2017.

Educational formula

The sessions are organized around the critical reading of an introductory text on the topic selected for the session and a presentation prepared by the students.