Jean-Pascal Daloz
Biographic Data
| ID | 183669 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean-Pascal Daloz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean-Pascal |
| FAMILY NAME | Daloz |
| SIGNATURE | DALOZ J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sciences Po Bordeaux |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Repenser la théorisation de la distinction sociale à partir des analyses comparatives
L’analyse comparative des modalités et des logiques de distinction sociale dans un large éventail de contextes conduit à pointer les limites des grandes théorisations à prétention universelle. Cet article souligne tout d’abord le caractère réducteur, souvent ethnocentrique, ainsi que la tendance à l’extrapolation de bien des schémas explicatifs ayant fondé leurs thèses sur l’étude d’une seule situation en une certaine période. Il soutient que la …
Political Elites and Symbolic Superiority
This chapter provides reflections on symbolic dimensions of superiority as constituting a crucial resource for political elites within both pre-democratic and democratic settings. In the first section, drawing mainly from the anthropological and historical literature, various configurations of the past are discussed. It is then shown how in contemporary democratic systems, the issue of the symbolic superiority of top-level political actors is fra…
Paris, Pretoria and the African Continent
Grand Theories and the Challenge of Comparative Analysis
Yohann Aucante, Les démocraties scandinaves
Bien que les régimes politiques d’Alan García (2006-2011) au Pérou et d’Evo Morales (2006 -) en Bolivie se trouvent aux antipodes du spectre partisan, ils adoptent les mêmes types de politiques sociales : des programmes de transferts conditionnés. À partir d’une approche qualitative d’analyse de discours, cet article entend dégager les référentiels de ces politiques. Insistant davantage sur leurs différences que sur leurs similarités, il montre q…
Rethinking Social Distinction
The analysis of social distinction cannot indefinitely remain confined to logics of reasoning that are markedly ethnocentric. Rather than just applying the consecrated schemes of Veblen or Bourdieu, D
The Sociology of Elite Distinction
"This major new contribution to the study of consumption examines how dominant groups express and display their sense of superiority through material and aesthetic attributes, demonstrating that differences from one society to another, and across historical periods, challenge current understandings of elite distinction"--Provided by publisher
Elites and their Representation
The term “elite” was introduced in the seventeenth century to describe commodities of an exceptional standard and the usage was later extended to designate social groups at the apex of societies. The study of these groups was established as part of the social sciences in the late nineteenth century, mainly as a result of the work of three sociologists: Vilfredo Pareto, Gaetano Mosca and Roberto Michels. The core of their doctrine is that at the t…
The sociology of elite distinction
This major new contribution to the study of consumption examines how dominant groups express and display their sense of superiority through material and aesthetic attributes, demonstrating that differences from one society to another, and across historical periods, challenge current understandings of elite distinction"--Provided by publisher
Between Majesty and Proximity
Towards the Cultural Contextualization of Social Distinction
The article draws on the sensibility of a comparativist which leads to scepticism about the possibility of any general theory of social distinction applicable to most societies. The first part shows how the version of cultural analysis favoured by the author (concerned with patterns of meanings) sheds doubt on the transferability of Bourdieu's model elaborated for the French case in the 1960s. It is argued that this reading grid has privileged a …
Elite Distinction
Most of the major social theorists have addressed the issue of distinction. Largely ignoring each other's views on the matter, they have mainly sought to integrate their discussion within their respective grand theories. The main defect is that, often extrapolating from the analysis of one particular case, they have claimed to provide sociological laws. On the basis of personal field work as well as a sound acquaintance with the literature dealin…
Sur la modestie ostensible des acteurs politiques au nord du 55e parallèle
S’appuyant sur des recherches de terrain effectuées dans les pays scandinaves et en Finlande au cours de la période 2001-2006, cet article montre à quel point les acteurs politiques nordiques représentent des cas extrêmes en matière de simplicité d’apparence : facteur clé de légitimité en cette partie de l’Europe, par delà les clivages partisans. Il s’articule autour d’une grille de lecture comparative visant à interroger le rapport des élites au…
Au-delà de l'État néo-patrimonial. Jean-François Médard et l'approche élitaire
Ce court article évoque la personnalité et les apports de Jean-François Médard, sur la base de quelques commentaires relatifs à ses travaux sur le néo-patrimonialisme et les Big Men en Afrique subsaharienne
Ostentation in Comparative Perspective
In their endless quest for self-devotion, the elite, the powerful, often seek to appropriate the most beautiful and impressive things. As Thorstein Veblen (1899, p. 36) put it: “In order to gain and to hold the esteem of men it is not sufficient to merely possess wealth or power. The wealth or power must be put in evidence, for esteem is awarded only on evidence.” Looking at it in these terms, pomp and prestige prove to be necessary elements for …
Nigeria
In Nigeria, trust and mistrust remain a permanent and sensitive issue. This obviously concerns elite-population relationships or rather - when considering the personalized and particularistic aspects of political life- between patrons and their dependants. This issue of trust is also crucial when it comes to relations among 'Big Men' leading factions cutting across communities. Emphasizing the lack of confidence in the institutions and the diffic…
Critical Books Reviews
Elites et representations politiques. La Culture de l'echange inegal au Nigeria
Jean-Pascal Daloz, Elites et représentations politiques. La Culture de l'échange inégal au Nigéria. Collection «Le Territoire du politique». Pressac: Presses universitaires de Bordeaux (paperback €20.00, ISBN 2 86781 297 6). 2002, 174 pp. - Volume 74 Issue 3
Big Men' in Sub-Saharan Africa
In sub-Saharan Africa, the differentiation between political, administrative, and economic elites remains far from being manifest. What is certain is that we are almost never dealing with impermeable groups, huddled up in their respective spheres. Notwithstanding the cohesive and hegemonic picture painted for ideological reasons by many intellectuals, these elites prove to be very divided in most instances. But this lack of unity is much more rel…
Africa Works
Le (Non)-Renouvellement des Elites en Afrique Sub-Saharienne
Africa Works
Africa Works
Introduction - transitions and continuities - the question of analysis. Part 1 The informalization of politics: whither the state? the illusions of civil society recycled elites. Part 2 The re-traditionalization of society: of masks and men - the question of identity the use and abuse of the irrational - witchcraft and religion warlords bosses and thugs - the profits of violence. Part 3 The productivity of economic failure: the moral economy of c…
Misère(s) de l'africanisme
Daloz Jean-Pascal. Misère(s) de l’africanisme. In: Politique africaine, n°70, 1998. Le Kenya : Le contrat social à l'abandon. pp. 105-117
Paris, Pretoria and the African Continent
France's Africa Policy J-F.Bayart - Africans in France: French Immigration Policy and West Africa C.Quiminal - Algeria and France: The Enduring Strength of Cultural Ties M.Khandriche - PART 2: FRANCE AND SOUTHERN AFRICA - France and South Africa C.Cuddumbey - France and Southern Africa: The Economic Dimension A.Ulpat - Between Peace and War: French Non-Governmental Organizations in Southern Africa M.Kassa - PART 3: SOUTH AFRICA AND FRANCOPHONE AF…
Big Men' in Sub-Saharan Africa
In sub-Saharan Africa, the differentiation between political, administrative, and economic elites remains far from being manifest. What is certain is that we are almost never dealing with impermeable groups, huddled up in their respective spheres. Notwithstanding the cohesive and hegemonic picture painted for ideological reasons by many intellectuals, these elites prove to be very divided in most instances. But this lack of unity is much more rel…
Elite Distinction
Most of the major social theorists have addressed the issue of distinction. Largely ignoring each other's views on the matter, they have mainly sought to integrate their discussion within their respective grand theories. The main defect is that, often extrapolating from the analysis of one particular case, they have claimed to provide sociological laws. On the basis of personal field work as well as a sound acquaintance with the literature dealin…
Nigeria
In Nigeria, trust and mistrust remain a permanent and sensitive issue. This obviously concerns elite-population relationships or rather - when considering the personalized and particularistic aspects of political life- between patrons and their dependants. This issue of trust is also crucial when it comes to relations among 'Big Men' leading factions cutting across communities. Emphasizing the lack of confidence in the institutions and the diffic…
Towards the Cultural Contextualization of Social Distinction
The article draws on the sensibility of a comparativist which leads to scepticism about the possibility of any general theory of social distinction applicable to most societies. The first part shows how the version of cultural analysis favoured by the author (concerned with patterns of meanings) sheds doubt on the transferability of Bourdieu's model elaborated for the French case in the 1960s. It is argued that this reading grid has privileged a …
Africa Works
Destins croisés
Fardon Richard,Daloz Jean-Pascal,Daloz Lesley. «Destins croisés» : histoires des identités ethniques et nationales en Afrique de l’Ouest. In: Politique africaine, n°61, 1996. Besoin d'État. pp. 75-97
Grand Theories and the Challenge of Comparative Analysis
Between Majesty and Proximity
Sur la modestie ostensible des acteurs politiques au nord du 55e parallèle
S’appuyant sur des recherches de terrain effectuées dans les pays scandinaves et en Finlande au cours de la période 2001-2006, cet article montre à quel point les acteurs politiques nordiques représentent des cas extrêmes en matière de simplicité d’apparence : facteur clé de légitimité en cette partie de l’Europe, par delà les clivages partisans. Il s’articule autour d’une grille de lecture comparative visant à interroger le rapport des élites au…
Misère(s) de l'africanisme
Daloz Jean-Pascal. Misère(s) de l’africanisme. In: Politique africaine, n°70, 1998. Le Kenya : Le contrat social à l'abandon. pp. 105-117
Repenser la théorisation de la distinction sociale à partir des analyses comparatives
L’analyse comparative des modalités et des logiques de distinction sociale dans un large éventail de contextes conduit à pointer les limites des grandes théorisations à prétention universelle. Cet article souligne tout d’abord le caractère réducteur, souvent ethnocentrique, ainsi que la tendance à l’extrapolation de bien des schémas explicatifs ayant fondé leurs thèses sur l’étude d’une seule situation en une certaine période. Il soutient que la …
Elites and their Representation
The term “elite” was introduced in the seventeenth century to describe commodities of an exceptional standard and the usage was later extended to designate social groups at the apex of societies. The study of these groups was established as part of the social sciences in the late nineteenth century, mainly as a result of the work of three sociologists: Vilfredo Pareto, Gaetano Mosca and Roberto Michels. The core of their doctrine is that at the t…
Le (Non)-Renouvellement des Elites en Afrique Sub-Saharienne
Africa Works
Introduction - transitions and continuities - the question of analysis. Part 1 The informalization of politics: whither the state? the illusions of civil society recycled elites. Part 2 The re-traditionalization of society: of masks and men - the question of identity the use and abuse of the irrational - witchcraft and religion warlords bosses and thugs - the profits of violence. Part 3 The productivity of economic failure: the moral economy of c…
L'émergence de femmes politiques au Nigeria
Daloz Jean-Pascal. L’émergence de femmes politiques au Nigeria. In: Politique africaine, n°42, 1991. Violence et pouvoir. pp. 126-131
Voitures et prestige au Nigeria
Daloz Jean-Pascal. Voitures et prestige au Nigeria. In: Politique africaine, n°38, 1990. Le Niger : Chroniques d'un État. pp. 148-153
L'administration locale au Nigeria
Daloz Jean-Pascal. L’administration locale au Nigeria. In: Politique africaine, n°32, 1988. Nigeria, le fédéralisme dans tous ses États. pp. 91-94
De l'importance des calendriers
Daloz Jean-Pascal. De l’importance des calendriers. In: Politique africaine, n°34, 1989. États et sociétés nomades. pp. 109-111
Voitures et prestige au Nigeria
Daloz Jean-Pascal. Voitures et prestige au Nigeria. In: Politique africaine, n°38, 1990. Le Niger : Chroniques d'un État. pp. 148-153
L'émergence de femmes politiques au Nigeria
Daloz Jean-Pascal. L’émergence de femmes politiques au Nigeria. In: Politique africaine, n°42, 1991. Violence et pouvoir. pp. 126-131
L'itinéraire du pionnier
Daloz Jean-Pascal. L’itinéraire du pionnier : sur l’évolution politique béninoise. In: Politique africaine, n°46, 1992. L'Histoire face au politique. pp. 132-137
Le phénomène des pauvres Blancs en Afrique australe
Daloz Jean-Pascal. Le phénomène des pauvres Blancs en Afrique australe : l’exemple d’Harare. In: Politique africaine, n°51, 1993. Intellectuels africains. pp. 160-165
Paris, Pretoria and the African Continent
France and South Africa, for two generations the premier powers on the African continent, are at a crossroads. With the ending of apartheid and the Cold War, the divisive politics of the recent past a
Destins croisés
Fardon Richard,Daloz Jean-Pascal,Daloz Lesley. «Destins croisés» : histoires des identités ethniques et nationales en Afrique de l’Ouest. In: Politique africaine, n°61, 1996. Besoin d'État. pp. 75-97
Misère(s) de l'africanisme
Daloz Jean-Pascal. Misère(s) de l’africanisme. In: Politique africaine, n°70, 1998. Le Kenya : Le contrat social à l'abandon. pp. 105-117
Paris, Pretoria and the African Continent
France's Africa Policy J-F.Bayart - Africans in France: French Immigration Policy and West Africa C.Quiminal - Algeria and France: The Enduring Strength of Cultural Ties M.Khandriche - PART 2: FRANCE AND SOUTHERN AFRICA - France and South Africa C.Cuddumbey - France and Southern Africa: The Economic Dimension A.Ulpat - Between Peace and War: French Non-Governmental Organizations in Southern Africa M.Kassa - PART 3: SOUTH AFRICA AND FRANCOPHONE AF…
Africa Works
Introduction - transitions and continuities - the question of analysis. Part 1 The informalization of politics: whither the state? the illusions of civil society recycled elites. Part 2 The re-traditionalization of society: of masks and men - the question of identity the use and abuse of the irrational - witchcraft and religion warlords bosses and thugs - the profits of violence. Part 3 The productivity of economic failure: the moral economy of c…
Le (Non)-Renouvellement des Elites en Afrique Sub-Saharienne
Africa Works
Africa Works
Big Men' in Sub-Saharan Africa
In sub-Saharan Africa, the differentiation between political, administrative, and economic elites remains far from being manifest. What is certain is that we are almost never dealing with impermeable groups, huddled up in their respective spheres. Notwithstanding the cohesive and hegemonic picture painted for ideological reasons by many intellectuals, these elites prove to be very divided in most instances. But this lack of unity is much more rel…
Critical Books Reviews
Elites et representations politiques. La Culture de l'echange inegal au Nigeria
Jean-Pascal Daloz, Elites et représentations politiques. La Culture de l'échange inégal au Nigéria. Collection «Le Territoire du politique». Pressac: Presses universitaires de Bordeaux (paperback €20.00, ISBN 2 86781 297 6). 2002, 174 pp. - Volume 74 Issue 3
Ostentation in Comparative Perspective
In their endless quest for self-devotion, the elite, the powerful, often seek to appropriate the most beautiful and impressive things. As Thorstein Veblen (1899, p. 36) put it: “In order to gain and to hold the esteem of men it is not sufficient to merely possess wealth or power. The wealth or power must be put in evidence, for esteem is awarded only on evidence.” Looking at it in these terms, pomp and prestige prove to be necessary elements for …
Nigeria
In Nigeria, trust and mistrust remain a permanent and sensitive issue. This obviously concerns elite-population relationships or rather - when considering the personalized and particularistic aspects of political life- between patrons and their dependants. This issue of trust is also crucial when it comes to relations among 'Big Men' leading factions cutting across communities. Emphasizing the lack of confidence in the institutions and the diffic…
Sur la modestie ostensible des acteurs politiques au nord du 55e parallèle
S’appuyant sur des recherches de terrain effectuées dans les pays scandinaves et en Finlande au cours de la période 2001-2006, cet article montre à quel point les acteurs politiques nordiques représentent des cas extrêmes en matière de simplicité d’apparence : facteur clé de légitimité en cette partie de l’Europe, par delà les clivages partisans. Il s’articule autour d’une grille de lecture comparative visant à interroger le rapport des élites au…
Au-delà de l'État néo-patrimonial. Jean-François Médard et l'approche élitaire
Ce court article évoque la personnalité et les apports de Jean-François Médard, sur la base de quelques commentaires relatifs à ses travaux sur le néo-patrimonialisme et les Big Men en Afrique subsaharienne
Elite Distinction
Most of the major social theorists have addressed the issue of distinction. Largely ignoring each other's views on the matter, they have mainly sought to integrate their discussion within their respective grand theories. The main defect is that, often extrapolating from the analysis of one particular case, they have claimed to provide sociological laws. On the basis of personal field work as well as a sound acquaintance with the literature dealin…
Between Majesty and Proximity
Towards the Cultural Contextualization of Social Distinction
The article draws on the sensibility of a comparativist which leads to scepticism about the possibility of any general theory of social distinction applicable to most societies. The first part shows how the version of cultural analysis favoured by the author (concerned with patterns of meanings) sheds doubt on the transferability of Bourdieu's model elaborated for the French case in the 1960s. It is argued that this reading grid has privileged a …
The sociology of elite distinction
This major new contribution to the study of consumption examines how dominant groups express and display their sense of superiority through material and aesthetic attributes, demonstrating that differences from one society to another, and across historical periods, challenge current understandings of elite distinction"--Provided by publisher
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