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Bali : interprétation d'une culture
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ISBN: 2070700003 9782070700004 Year: 1983 Publisher: Paris : Gallimard,

Patrons, clients, and friends : interpersonal relations and the structure of trust in society
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ISBN: 0521288908 0521246873 0511557744 9780521288903 Year: 1984 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The form of social relations described by the terms 'patronage' and 'patron-client relations' is of central concern to sociologists, anthropologists and political scientists today. Characterised by its voluntary and highly personal but often fully institutionalised nature, it is a type of behaviour found in almost every human society. It touches upon basic aspects of the construction and regulation of social order and is therefore closely connected to major theoretical problems and controversies in the social sciences. This book analyses some special types of these interpersonal relations - ritual kinship, patron-client relations and friendship - and the social conditions in which they develop. The authors draw upon a wide range of examples, from societies as diverse as these of the Mediterranean, Latin America, the Middle and Far East and the U.S.S.R., in their study of the core characteristics of such relationships. They look at them as mechanisms of social exchange, examine their impact on the institutional structures in which they exist, and assess the significance of the variations in their occurrence. Their analysis highlights the importance of these relationships in social life and concludes with a stimulating discussion of the ensuring tensions and ambivalences and the ways in which these are dealt with - though perhaps never fully overcome. Patrons, clients and friends is the first systematic comparative study of these interpersonal relations and makes the first attempt to relate them to central aspects of social structure. It will therefore be an important contribution to both comparative analysis and social theory and will be of interest to a wide range of social scientists.


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La nouvelle communication : textes recueillis et présentés par Yves Winkin.
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ISSN: 02932725 ISBN: 202005860X 9782020058605 Year: 1981 Volume: 1 Publisher: Paris Seuil


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Promethean ethics : living with death, competition, and triage
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Etude du génie civil et de praticabilité économique - Routes de Luluabourg Mbuji-Mayi - Les provinces du Kasaï - République Démocratique du Congo - Préparé pour le United States Agency for International Development.
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ISBN: 2877621316 9782877621311 Year: 1970 Volume: 11 Publisher: Chicago De Leeuw ; Cather International Inc-Ingénieurs conseils

Marriage, fertility, and parenthood in West Africa = : Mariage, fécondité, et rôle des parents en Afrique de l'Ouest
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ISBN: 0909409048 9780909409043 Year: 1978 Volume: 4 Publisher: Canberra : Dept. of Demography, Australian National University,

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