Rethinking Comparative Cultural Sociology
Repertoires of Evaluation in France and the United States

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: toward a renewed comparative cultural sociology Michèle Lamont and Laurent Thévenot
Part I. Race, Gender, and Multiculturalism:
2. The rhetorics of racism and anti-racism in France and the United States Michèle Lamont
3. Sexual harassment in France and the United States: activists and public figures defend their definitions Abigail Cope Saguy
4. Assessing the literary
intellectual boundaries in French and American literary studies Jason Duell
Part II. The Cultural Sphere: Publishing, Journalism, and the Arts:
5. Culture or commerce? Symbolic boundaries in French and American book publishing Daniel Weber
6. Involvement and detachment among French and American journalists: to be or not to be a 'real' professional Cyril Lemieux and John Schmalzbauer
7. From rejection of contemporary art to culture war Nathalie Heinich
Part III. Political Cultures and Practices
8. Community and civic culture: the Rotary Club in France and the United States Agnès Camus-Vigué
9. Political practice and culture in French and American environmental disputes:
9a. French and American disputes: an introduction Claudette Lafaye, Michael Moody and Laurent Thévenot
9b. Forms of valuing nature: arguments and modes of justification in French and American environmental disputes Laurent Thévenot, Michael Moody and Claudette Lafaye
9c. Comparing models of strategy, interests, and the public good in French and American environmental disputes Michael Moody and Laurent Thévenot
10. Conclusion: Exploring the French and the American polity Laurent Thèvenot and Michèle Lamont.

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