People

Biography

 

Jean-Pascal DALOZ joined the MFO in September 2007, having previously worked in Africa – where he was in charge of the Nigerian and Southern branches of the French Research Institute (1986-1994) – and within the research centres of the Bordeaux Institute for Political Studies (CEAN, CERVL, SPIRIT). He is now CNRS research professor and also holds a professorship at the University of Oslo. He has held visiting professorships and fellowships at the Universities of London, Helsinki, Tampere, Uppsala, Colorado and Washington State.

He is a comparativist specializing in the study of elites, and has a substantial research and publications record in both Comparative Politics and Comparative Sociology (12 books and more than 40 articles published in international refereed scientific journals or as chapters). He is Chair of the ISA Research Committee for Comparative Sociology and, since 2001, has been Executive Secretary of the IPSA Research Committee on Political Elites. He is also a member of the Administrative board of the Mattei DOGAN Foundation and has joined the editorial boards of Political Research Quarterly, Comparative Sociology and International Political Anthropology.

His current research focuses on political actors’ ostentation/modesty and on the comparative study of social distinction.

 

Publications

 

Books ( selection)

 

- 2009. The Sociology of Elite Distinction: From Theoretical to Comparative Studies. Basingstoke & New York: Palgrave-Macmillan (Monograph)



- 2006. Culture Troubles: politics and the interpretation of meaning.  London: Hurst publ./ Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. [Co- authored]

- 2003. Political Leadership in a Global Age: The Experiences of  France and Norway. Aldershot: Ashgate. [Co-edited]

- 2002. Élites et représentations politiques: la culture de  l'échange inégal au Nigeria. Pessac: Presses Universitaires de  Bordeaux. [Monograph]

- 1999. Le (non-) renouvellement des élites en Afrique subsaharienne.  Talence: Centre d'Etudes d'Afrique Noire. [Editor]

- 1999. Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument. Oxford: James  Currey/ Bloomington: Indiana University Press [Co-authored]- French version: Paris: Economica (1999).- Spanish version: Barcelona: Bellaterra (2001).

- 1997. Transitions démocratiques africaines : dynamiques et  contraintes. Paris: Karthala. [Co-edited]

- 1996. Paris, Pretoria and The African Continent: the International  Relations of States and Societies in Transition. Basingstoke:  Macmillan/ New York: Saint Martin's Press. [Co-edited]

- 1996. La Zambie contemporaine. Paris: IFRA/Karthala. [Co-edited]

 

Articles ( selection)

 

" How Political Representatives Earn Legitimacy: A Symbolic Approach ", International Social Science Journal, 196 (June 2009), pp. 285-296. 

“ Towards the Cultural Contextualisation of Social Distinction ”, Journal of Cultural Economy, Vol. 1/3 (November 2008), pp 305-320.

“ Between Majesty and Proximity: The Enduring Ambiguities of Political Representation in France ”, French Politics, Vol. 6/3 (2008), pp. 302-320. 

“ Elite Distinction: Grand Theory and Comparative Perspectives ”, Comparative Sociology , Vol. 6/1-2 (2007), pp. 27 à 74.

“ Political Elites and Conspicuous Modesty: Norway, Sweden, Finland in Comparative Perspective ”, Comparative Social Research, Vol. 26 (2007) ; pp. 173 à 212.

“ Sur la modestie ostensible des acteurs politiques au nord du 55e parallèle ”, Revue Internationale de Politique comparée, Vol. 13/3 (2006), pp. 413 à 427.

“ How French Policy-Makers see themselves ”, in H. Drake (ed.), French Relations with the European Union, Londres, Routledge, 2005, pp. 21 à 41. [en collaboration avec O. Costa].

“ Le perspectivisme culturel en politique comparée : du bon usage de l’éclectisme théorique ”, in C. Thiriot et al. (dir.), Penser la politique comparée : un état des savoirs théoriques et méthodologiques, Paris, Karthala, 2004, pp. 81 à 93.

“ Légitimation infra-institutionnelle et cultures : plaidoyer pour une refonte de la théorie du leadership ”, in A. Smith & C. Sorbets (dir.), Le leadership politique et le territoire : les cadres d’analyse en débat, Rennes, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2003, pp. 87 à 101.

“ Ostentation in Comparative Perspective : culture and elite legitimation ”, Comparative Social Research, vol. 21, 2003, pp. 29 à 62.

“ The French Presidency in 2000 : An arrogant leader?”, in O. Elgström (ed.), European Union Council Presidencies : a Comparative Perspective, Londres, Routledge, 2003, pp. 120 à 137. [en collaboration avec O. Costa, & A. Couvidat]

“ ‘Big Men’ in Sub-Saharan Africa: How Elites Accumulate Positions and Resources ”, Comparative Sociology, vol. 2/1 (2002), pp. 271 à 285.

“ L’étalage de la vie sexuelle en tant que facteur de légitimation politique”, in P. Baudry, C. Sorbets, A. Vitalis (dir.), La vie privée à l’heure des médias, Bordeaux, Presses Universtaires de Bordeaux, 2002, pp. 139 à 148.

“ Pouvoir politique et ostentation : aspects culinaires ”, Revue internationale de Politique comparée, vol6/n°2 (été 1999), pp. 337 à 350.

“ Misère(s) de l’africanisme ”, Politique africaine, n° 70 (juin 1998), pp. 105 à 117.

“ La corruption en Corée du Sud et au Nigéria : pistes de recherche comparatives ”, Revue internationale de Politique comparée, vol4/n°2 (septembre 1997), pp. 361 à 376. [en collaboration avec M.H. Heo]

“ Le temps mondial au sud du Sahara : des représentations à la ressource politique ”, in Z. Laïdi (dir.), Le temps mondial, Bruxelles, éditions Complexe, 1997, pp. 143 à 167.

“ Les incertitudes protocolaires en Afrique noire ”, in Y Déloye, C. Haroche, O. Ihl (dir.), Le protocole ou la mise en forme de l'ordre politique, Paris, L’Harmattan (coll. logiques politiques), 1996, pp. 327 à 340.

“ Les ambivalences dans la caricature des dirigeants politiques : illustrations africaines ”, Mots, n° 48 (septembre 1996), pp. 74 à 86.

“ L'Afrique du Sud au regard du continent ”, Les Temps modernes, n° 585 (novembre-décembre 1995) , pp. 517 à 535.

“ Voitures et prestige au Nigéria ”, Politique africaine, n° 38 (juin 1990), pp. 148 à 153.

 

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