Publications
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Construire le monde du hardcore
(2019)
An invitation to an ethnographic journey in the world of hardcore punk and beyond, this study explores the plurality of practices underlying the existence of this “music-based subculture.” Based on a fine-grained, in-depth ...
Héritages coloniaux
(2021)
What relationship do European countries have with their colonial past? The way they deal
with, reread, reconstruct, forget or conceal this part of their history is decisive for
understanding today’s geopolitics and for ...
La religion à l'école
(2017)
In the last few decades, the organization of religious education classes in Swiss public school has been the object of profound public scrutiny. In the wake of these debates, most cantons have introduced a new course under ...
Opferstatus und Geschlecht
(2015)
Victim status and gender Development and implementation of victim assistance in Switzerland In Switzerland, the Victim of Crime Act (VCA; Opferhilfegesetz, OHG), in place since 1993, guarantees free legal, medical, ...
Gute Betreuung im Alter in der Schweiz
(2018)
Apart from financing retirement provision, assistance and care for elderly people ist he central issue in Swiss politics concerning elderly people. While medical care has been in focus of the discourse about health and ...
Croire ensemble. Analyse institutionnelle du paysage religieux en Suisse
(2013)
The study presented in this book for the first time in Switzerland offers a broad empirical and sociological perspective on local religious organizations. From this perspective, religion appears first, as already observed ...
Enjeux de la formation professionnelle en Suisse
(2019)
The Swiss vocational education and training model is at the heart of an unprecedented enthusiasm. Both in Switzerland and abroad, it is praised for its management based on a public-private partnership, for its ability to ...
Animazione socioculturale dell'infanzia e della gioventù
(2021)
This book presents an overview of the results of the first standardised survey of services of open child and youth work in Switzerland, which was conducted in 2018 as a sub-project of the project Language Regions of the ...
Arbeits(un)fähigkeit herstellen
(2018)
As most industrialised countries, Switzerland is increasingly attempting to (re)integrate people with health restrictions and disabilities into the job market. The reinforced political demand to reintegrate people with ...
Dictionnaire de politique sociale suisse
(2020)
La politique sociale est d’une importance capitale pour la prospérité de la Suisse. Elle façonne les parcours de vie et influence significativement la qualité de vie de la population. La nouvelle édition du Dictionnaire ...
Die Nutzung von Evaluationen in den Schweizer Parlamenten
(2019)
Evaluations assess the effectiveness of a public policy using a scientific approach and thus provide bases to make effects-oriented and well-founded decisions in parliament. Although policy evaluations have been established ...
COVID-19
(2020)
Les sciences sociales analysent les défis que pose le COVID-19 en les insérant dans les dynamiques de nos sociétés. Avec le recul qui les caractérise, ces sciences sont particulièrement adaptées pour comprendre les dynamiques ...
Soziale Arbeit und die Soziale Frage
(2018)
"For a long time, the use of the term «Social Question» was referred to as being a phenomenon of the 19th century, related to the social changes taking place during that period. Today, however, the so-called Social Question ...
Entre démocratisation et professionnalisation: le Parlement suisse et ses membres de 1910 à 2016
(2016)
This book provides a detailed historical analysis of the Swiss Parliament. It sheds light on how the profiles of parliamentarians have evolved over a century, and recounts the various legislative reforms affecting their ...
Bleiberecht in der Gastro-Küche
(2020)
Right to stay in the gastro-kitchen
Migration policy regulations and working conditions of refugees with precarious residence permit status
Asylum policy is labour market policy. Yet, the demarcation lines in migration ...
Transitionen im Jugend- und jungen Erwachsenenalter
(2018)
Much like the first volume published in 2011, the second volume of this anthology series gathers a selection of analyses which are empirically based on the data of the Swiss panel study TREE (Transitions from Education to ...
Violent Times Rising Resistance: An Interdisciplinary Gender Perspective
(2022)
Violence is a persistent element of modern history and it always has been gendered. Today’s violent times have politicized and mobilized new publics, generated creative forms of resistance, incited the most unlikely ...
Neue Medien
(2020)
Along with the worldwide growing mobility and migration, the scientific studies and political-public debates are increasingly more concerned with the questions of motivation and manner in which modern information and ...
Wege der Erreichbarkeit sozioökonomisch benachteiligter Familien
(2023)
Children in socio-economically deprived families are at a higher risk of developing addiction problems later on. Nevertheless, these families are hardly reached by health promotion and prevention. What are the reasons for ...
Ambivalenz der Wiedereingliederung
(2021)
"Employers and insurances in Switzerland have introduced new instruments to support the return to work process of sick workers. A key instrument in this regard has been the introduction of case managers in companies. But ...
Option assistierter Suizid Wann genug ist, entscheide ich
(2022)
The question of whether and under what circumstances assisted suicide is not only in line with the law, but also ethically legitimate beyond the legal dimension, is controversially debated. The debate centers around the ...
Narrative im Justizvollzug
(2018)
Prisons are a rich source for literary narratives – but what narratives do prison officers
themselves construct about working in a prison and their place in it? How do they talk about
their daily work with prisoners, ...
Dans la jungle des permis de séjour
(2020)
Véritable plongée dans les méandres du système de l'asile, cette étude propose de suivre les trajectoires des réfugiés à partir de leur arrivée en Suisse. S'appuyant sur une remarquable compilation de données issues de la ...
Blicke auf das Dazwischen
(2021)
Abstract in Deutsch Vier Fotoethnografien erzählen von Orten erhöhter Verdichtung und Transformation in Zürich. Im Foto- und Lesebuch Blicke auf das Dazwischen. Foto-Ethnografien zu Transformationen in Zürich zeigt die ...
Zeitdiagnose Männlichkeiten Schweiz
(2021)
Change and persistence of gender relations in the workplace, family, and politics create specific opportunities and challenges for men and masculinity(ies). What is currently changing at all is up for debate. What developments ...
Travailler dans la grande distribution
(2019)
What does it mean to work in the retail sector today? In Switzerland, two giants share almost the whole market. In order to stay competitive, they intensify the work, demand more availability from their employees and deskill ...
Le bénévolat des jeunes
(2019)
What makes young people want to learn, commit and become involved in an activity? This issue is of particular interest to teachers, but also to employers. In order to provide some answers, the authors of this book are ...
Offene Kinder- und Jugendarbeit
(2021)
This book presents an overview of the results of the first standardised survey of services of open child and youth work in Switzerland, which was conducted in 2018 as a sub-project of the project Language Regions of the ...
Animation socioculturelle enfance et jeunesse
(2021)
This book presents an overview of the results of the first standardised survey of services of open child and youth work in Switzerland, which was conducted in 2018 as a sub-project of the project Language Regions of the ...
Asile et abus. Asyl und Missbrauch
(2020)
The issue of asylum has polarised Swiss public opinion for the last four decades. Since its
entry into force in 1981, the Asylum Law has been revised on numerous occasions, following
a general trend toward more ...
Naturalisation
(2022)
Who decides what criteria are used to determine who can become Swiss? Which imaginaries of Swissness are mobilised in the context of naturalisation? Why is Swiss naturalisation policy so restrictive in international ...
Un/doing Race
(2022)
What is the meaning of race, racialization and racism in Switzerland and how are they related to Switzerland's colonial heritage? How has the approach to racism changed historically? What role does anti-racist activism ...
Soziale Arbeit und die Soziale Frage
(2018)
"For a long time, the use of the term «Social Question» was referred to as being a phenomenon of the 19th century, related to the social changes taking place during that period. Today, however, the so-called Social Question ...
Soziale Arbeit und die Soziale Frage
(2018)
"For a long time, the use of the term «Social Question» was referred to as being a phenomenon of the 19th century, related to the social changes taking place during that period. Today, however, the so-called Social Question ...
Associations de migrants et coopération internationale
(2022)
Since the global food crisis of 2008, Senegalese migrant associations have become involved in the agricultural development of their localities of origin. Through their projects they have created a transnational dynamic ...
Associations de migrants et coopération internationale
(2022)
Since the global food crisis of 2008, Senegalese migrant associations have become involved in the agricultural development of their localities of origin. Through their projects they have created a transnational dynamic ...
Entre démocratisation et professionnalisation: le Parlement suisse et ses membres de 1910 à 2016
(2016)
This book provides a detailed historical analysis of the Swiss Parliament. It sheds light on how the profiles of parliamentarians have evolved over a century, and recounts the various legislative reforms affecting their ...
Entre démocratisation et professionnalisation: le Parlement suisse et ses membres de 1910 à 2016
(2016)
This book provides a detailed historical analysis of the Swiss Parliament. It sheds light on how the profiles of parliamentarians have evolved over a century, and recounts the various legislative reforms affecting their ...
Option assistierter Suizid Wann genug ist, entscheide ich
(2022)
The question of whether and under what circumstances assisted suicide is not only in line with the law, but also ethically legitimate beyond the legal dimension, is controversially debated. The debate centers around the ...
Oui, c'est oui. Le consentement à l'épreuve de la justice
(2024)
This book makes a contribution to the ongoing debate surrounding the revision of Swiss sexual criminal law by presenting research into the criminal treatment of sexual violence in Geneva. By elucidating the prevailing modes ...
Croire ensemble. Analyse institutionnelle du paysage religieux en Suisse
(2013)
The study presented in this book for the first time in Switzerland offers a broad empirical and sociological perspective on local religious organizations. From this perspective, religion appears first, as already observed ...
COVID-19
(2020)
Les sciences sociales analysent les défis que pose le COVID-19 en les insérant dans les dynamiques de nos sociétés. Avec le recul qui les caractérise, ces sciences sont particulièrement adaptées pour comprendre les dynamiques ...
COVID-19
(2020)
Les sciences sociales analysent les défis que pose le COVID-19 en les insérant dans les dynamiques de nos sociétés. Avec le recul qui les caractérise, ces sciences sont particulièrement adaptées pour comprendre les dynamiques ...
Scheidung als soziales Risiko
(2024)
Separations and divorces have become much more common in the last 50 years. Almost half of the marriages or cohabiting relationships break up over time. To date, knowledge about the situation of divorced people immediately ...
Neue Medien
(2020)
Migration; Transnationalität; Diaspora; Medien; Internet; ethnische und religiöse Minderheiten; Assyrer; Aleviten; Kurden; Türken
Neue Medien
(2020)
Migration; Transnationalität; Diaspora; Medien; Internet; ethnische und religiöse Minderheiten; Assyrer; Aleviten; Kurden; Türken
Un/doing Ethnicity im öffentlichen Dienst
(2021)
"How does public administration deal with a population that it perceives as diverse? Which ethnic differentiations are either produced by everyday concrete administra-tive actions or blurred in the sense of undoing ...
Un/doing Ethnicity im öffentlichen Dienst
(2021)
"How does public administration deal with a population that it perceives as diverse? Which ethnic differentiations are either produced by everyday concrete administra-tive actions or blurred in the sense of undoing ...
Accès aux soins et tri médical
(2024)
Despite a compulsory health insurance system, thousands of people in Switzerland live without health insurance coverage. Consequently, they face difficulties in obtaining healthcare. Through interviews and observations in ...
Diversité des familles et bien-être en Suisse
(2023)
A typical trajectory continues to dominate the life course in Switzerland: most people marry, have children, and adopt an unequal division of work between spouses. How can we understand this (relatively) weak diversity in ...
Innovation et intervention sociales
(2024)
Innovation has long been associated with technology alone. This edited volume describes the development of social innovation in the social and health sectors, mainly in French-speaking Switzerland, and discusses the different ...
Innovation et intervention sociales
(2024)
Innovation has long been associated with technology alone. This edited volume describes the development of social innovation in the social and health sectors, mainly in French-speaking Switzerland, and discusses the different ...
Arbeits(un)fähigkeit herstellen
(2018)
As most industrialised countries, Switzerland is increasingly attempting to (re)integrate people with health restrictions and disabilities into the job market. The reinforced political demand to reintegrate people with ...
Enjeux de la formation professionnelle en Suisse
(2019)
The Swiss vocational education and training model is at the heart of an unprecedented enthusiasm. Both in Switzerland and abroad, it is praised for its management based on a public-private partnership, for its ability to ...
Enjeux de la formation professionnelle en Suisse
(2019)
The Swiss vocational education and training model is at the heart of an unprecedented enthusiasm. Both in Switzerland and abroad, it is praised for its management based on a public-private partnership, for its ability to ...
Arbeits(un)fähigkeit herstellen
(2018)
As most industrialised countries, Switzerland is increasingly attempting to (re)integrate people with health restrictions and disabilities into the job market. The reinforced political demand to reintegrate people with ...
Animazione socioculturale dell'infanzia e della gioventù
(2021)
This book presents an overview of the results of the first standardised survey of services of open child and youth work in Switzerland, which was conducted in 2018 as a sub-project of the project Language Regions of the ...
Transitionen im Jugend- und jungen Erwachsenenalter
(2018)
Much like the first volume published in 2011, the second volume of this anthology series gathers a selection of analyses which are empirically based on the data of the Swiss panel study TREE (Transitions from Education to ...
Animazione socioculturale dell'infanzia e della gioventù
(2021)
This book presents an overview of the results of the first standardised survey of services of open child and youth work in Switzerland, which was conducted in 2018 as a sub-project of the project Language Regions of the ...
Un système « de milice » sélectif
(2022)
This book is an adaptation of a doctoral thesis that studies the representativeness of the members of the local parliaments of four major Swiss cities (Zurich, Lausanne, Lucerne and Lugano) from 1945 to 2016. For this ...