Credit in Society and in Sociology

On "The Bank and Its Customers" (Bourdieu, Boltanski, Chamboredon, 1963)

Bibliographic Data

ID3139912
AuthorsHélène Ducourant (0000-0002-7995-7854, École nationale des ponts et chaussées), Jeanne Lazarus (0000-0003-0900-6604, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Year2023
Volume64
Issue3
Pages385-416
Publication date2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003975623000371
OpenAlexW4388421211
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited50

In 1963, a young French sociologist, Pierre Bourdieu, together with two assistants-Luc Boltanski and Jean-Claude Chamboredon-conducted the first sociological study of the credit practices of a major French bank, entitled "The Bank and Its Customers". This article discusses the context, the findings and the legacy of this study. First, the article sketches the landscape of the emerging mass credit market in France in the early 1960s. Then, the paper summarizes and analyses the report itself. We also demonstrate how bank-customer interactions and credit continued to be a subject of interest for Bourdieu throughout his subsequent career. Finally, the paper seeks to contribute to comparative research on the varieties of national configurations of private indebtedness in relation to the level of development of the welfare state

Context (archaeology) · Library science · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Subject (documents) · Welfare state · French Historical and Cultural Studies · History · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Social Issues

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