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How Work as a Category of Thought Has Been Disrupted in Neoliberal Capitalist Societies
This article summarises and presents the main findings of Marie-Anne Dujarierâs French book Troubles dans le travail (2021). It focuses on the âtravailâ category of thought and practice in France, where it has become a ubiquitous and moral notion. The article traces the history of its social uses, highlighting its polysemy with respect to vernacular and scientific uses, then its limited meaning when used in institutions. It examines contemporary situations in which activity requiring effort, the production of use or exchange values, and the status of employment and remuneration are disconnected. Their frequency and importance cast doubt on who is working and when. This disruption in the âworkâ category of thought indicates that the eponymous institutions do not adequately accommodate real practices. They are therefore questioned. This observation is also an invitation for researchers to unpick this word for a better analysis of contemporary social, psychological and ecological issues. In France, the word âtravailâ is ubiquitous in our day-to-day exchanges, as well as in our scientific and political discussions (âtravailâ is often translated as âworkâ or âlabourâ, translations are part of the history of the category). Although regularly given only one value, it also has a moral domain. But what does it mean? This article offers Anglo-Saxon readers a summary of in-depth sociological research on this issue, published in the book called Work Troubles. Sociology of a category of thought (French original title: Troubles dans le travail. Sociologie dâune catĂ©gorie de pensĂ©e) by the author of this article
Les représentations professionnelles en question. Le cas des intermédiaires dans les fusions-acquisitions
International audienceOne sector of finance, relatively unfamiliar to the public, has nevertheless been growing fast for the last 30 years. This sector, known as M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions), specialises in the sale or purchase of companies. The middlemen who carry out the transactions are not the owners of the companies they buy or sell. They perform a set of socially divided and organised tasks and possess specific expertise. This article seeks to analyse these financial middlemen as workers, and in particular to understand their professional representation of the companies that they help to buy or sell. We show that the people working in this sector share a commodified, quantitative and abstract representation of the companies bought and sold. Through an analysis of activity, professional rhetoric, socialisation processes and career dynamics, the article shows how the homogeneity of this representation is constructed and maintainedUn secteur de la finance, peu connu du grand public, a pourtant une activitĂ© en forte croissance depuis trente ans. Il est connu sous lâanglicisme « M&A » (Mergers and Acquisitions), ou « fusac » (fusions-acquisitions) en franc ̧ais. Il est spĂ©cialisĂ© dans la rĂ©alisation dâachat ou de vente dâentreprises. Les intermĂ©diaires accom- plissant ces transactions ne sont pas propriĂ©taires des entreprises quâils vendent ou achĂštent. Ils rĂ©alisent un ensemble de tĂąches socialement divisĂ©es et organisĂ©es et possĂšdent des savoir-faire spĂ©cifiques. Cet article se propose dâanalyser ces intermĂ©diaires financiers, en tant que travailleurs, et en particulier de comprendre leur reprĂ©sentation professionnelle des entreprises quâils participent Ă vendre ou Ă acheter. Nous montrons que les travailleurs de ce secteur partagent une reprĂ©sentation marchande, quantitative et abstraite des entre- prises vendues et achetĂ©es. Ă travers une analyse de lâactivitĂ©, de la rhĂ©torique professionnelle, des processus de socialisation ainsi que de la dynamique des carriĂšres, lâarticle montre comment lâhomogĂ©nĂ©itĂ© de cette reprĂ©sentation est construite et maintenu
Travailleurs sociaux en recherche-action. Ăducation, insertion, coopĂ©ration
International audienceDes travailleurs sociaux prennent la parole sur leurs pratiques, en publiant ici les rĂ©sultats de leur recherche-action. Ce livre aborde dans une premiĂšre partie la question du traitement social de l'enfance. Dans une seconde partie des travailleurs sociaux s'interrogent sur leur action dans les processus de socialisation, que ce soit avec des adolescents dĂ©scolarisĂ©s, des adultes toxicomanes, des immigrants ou les membres d'une association dâĂducation populaire
Recension de : M.E. Chessel, Les consommateurs engagĂ©s Ă la Belle Ăpoque. La ligue sociale dâacheteurs (Presses de Sciences Po. 2012)
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"La psychologie au chevet du travail », Recension du livre de D. Lhuilier, Cliniques du travail (Toulouse, Ăres, Collection Clinique du travail, 2006)
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Les frontiĂšres entre activitĂ©, travail et emploi : le cas des bricoleurs, in Nirello Laura (Coord.), Formes dâĂ©conomie collaborative et protection sociale â n°31, p. 64-70
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