Jean-Pascal Daloz joined the MFO in September 2007, having previously worked in Africa – where he was consecutively in charge of the Nigerian and Southern branches of the French Research Institute (1986-1994) – and within several research centres of the Bordeaux Institute for Political Studies. He is a CNRS Directeur de Recherche and has held visiting professorships or fellowships at the Universities of London, Helsinki, Tampere, Uppsala, Colorado and Washington State; from 2005 to 2010, he was also adjunct Professor at the University of Oslo. In Oxford, he is attached to the Department of Politics and International Relations (as Research Professor) and to Saint Antony’s College (as Senior Associate Member).

Jean-Pascal Daloz is a comparativist specialising in the study of elites. He has a substantial research and publications record in both Comparative Politics and Comparative Sociology. He is Chair of the Research Committee on Comparative Sociology of the International Sociological Association and Executive Secretary of the Research Committee on Political Elites of the International Political Science Association. 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, International Political Anthropology, Historical Reflections, as well as that of the Rulers and Elites series published by Brill.

His research mainly focuses on the comparative analysis of social distinction and on some symbolic dimensions of political representation. 

He is currently working on a new book entitled: Rethinking Social Distinction (for Palgrave Macmillan).

Jean-Pascal daloz is now a member of the Groupe de Sociologie Politique européenne at the University of Strasbourg. 

Authored and Edited Volumes
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Book Chapters

Authored and Edited Volumes

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'échangeinégal 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]

1992. Société et politique au Nigéria : bibliographie annotée, réflexions sur l'état d'avancement des connaissances. Talence: CEAN. [Monograph] 

1990. French Revolution: A Nigerian Perspective. Ibadan: Macmillan. [Co-edited] 

1989. Leading Issues in Territorial Decentralisation in Nigeria and France. Zaria: Ahmadu Bello University Press. [Co-edited] 

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

“Elite (Un)Conspicuousness: Theoretical Reflections on Ostentation vs. Understatement”, Historical Social Research, vol. 37/1 (forthcoming).

“The Distinction of Social and Political Elites” [introduction of this special issue as Guest editor]. Comparative Sociology, vol. 10/4-5 (2011), pp. 443-455. 

“Elites and their Representation: Multi-disciplinary perspectives” [introduction as Guest editor of the special issue on this topic]. Historical Reflections, vol. 36/3 (2010), pp. 1-6.

“Sur l’usage des théories de la distinction sociale par les historiens”. Historical Reflections, vol. 36/3 (2010), pp. 113-127.

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

“Towards the Cultural Contextualisation of Social Distinction”, Journal of Cultural Economy. vol. 1/3 (2008), pp. 305-320. [also published in A. Warde (ed.). 2010. Cultural Consumption, Classification and Power. London: Routledge]

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

“Entre éminence et proximité : les ambivalences françaises en matière de représentation politique”. Pouvoir locaux, 74 (2007), pp. 25-30.

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

“Political Elites and Conspicuous Modesty: Norway, Sweden, Finland in Comparative Perspective”. Comparative Social Research, vol. 23 (2007), pp. 173-212.

“Au-delà de l’Etat néo-patrimonial : Jean-François Médard et l’approche élitaire.”Revue Internationale de Politique Comparée, vol. 13/4 (2006), pp. 617-623.

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

“Nigeria: Trust Your Patron, not the Institutions”. Comparative Sociology, vol. 4/1-2 (2005), pp. 129-146. [also published in M. Dogan (ed.). 2005. Political Mistrust and the Discrediting of Politicians. Leiden & Boston: Brill]

“Représentation politique et modestie ostensible en Europe du Nord”. Nordiques, 4 (2004), pp. 9-27. [with K. Barrling-Hermansson]

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

“‘Big Men’ in Sub-Saharan Africa: How Elites Accumulate Positions and Resources”.Comparative Sociology, vol. 2/1 (2002), pp. 271-285. [also published in M. Dogan (ed.). 2003. Elite Configurations at the Apex of Power. Leiden & Boston: Brill]

“Pouvoir politique et ostentation: aspects culinaires”. Revue internationale de Politique comparée, vol.6/2 (1999), pp. 337-350.

“Misère(s) de l’africanisme”. Politique africaine, 70 (1998), pp. 105-117.

“La dynamique zambienne face à la nouvelle donne sud-africaine”. Afrique contemporaine, 184 (1997), pp. 257-264.

“La corruption en Corée du Sud et au Nigeria : pistes de recherche comparatives”,Revue internationale de Politique comparée. vol. 4/2 (1997), pp. 361-376. [with M.H. Heo]

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

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

“Zambie - Analyse d'une dérive prévisible”, L'Afrique politique (1994), pp. 231-244.

“Le phénomène des pauvres Blancs en Afrique australe : l'exemple d'Harare”, Politique africaine, 51 (1993), pp. 160-165.

“Nouvelle République, nouvelle réplique ? Velléités transformatrices et perpétuation des comportements politiques au Nigéria”, L'Année africaine (1992-93), pp. 59-88.

“L'itinéraire du pionnier : sur l'évolution politique béninoise”, Politique africaine, 46 (1992), pp. 132-137.

“L'émergence de femmes politiques au Nigéria”, Politique africaine, 42 (1991), pp. 126- 131.

“Voitures et prestige au Nigéria”, Politique africaine, 38 (1990), pp. 148-153.

“De l'importance des calendriers”, Politique africaine, 34 (1989) pp. 109-111.

“L'administration locale au Nigéria”, Politique africaine, 32 (1988), pp. 91-94.

Book Chapters

“Elitist Consumption: Revisiting the question of utilitarian vs. symbolic motives”, in J. Winczorek (ed.), Sociology and the Unintended: Robert Merton revisited, New York: Peter Lang (forthcoming).

“Elitist Distinction and Globalization”, in N. Genov (ed.). Global Trends and Regional Development. London: Routledge (forthcoming).

“Elites”, in D. Southerton (ed.). Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture. London: Sage (2011).

“Thick Description”, in B. Badie, D. Berg-Schlosser and L. Morlino (eds). International Encyclopædia of Political Science. London: Sage (2011)

“Ostentation et simplicité ostensible chez les élites politiques : analyses comparatives”, in T. Berthet et al. (eds). 2008.  Les espaces changeants de la régulation politique, Paris: L’Harmattan, pp. 145-72.

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

“Political Élites and Patronage in Postcolonial Africa”, in K. Shillington (ed.). 2005.Encyclopædia of African History (volume 3). New York/London: Fitzroy Dearborn, pp. 1205-1206.

“Zambia: Second Republic, 1973-91”, in K. Shillington (ed.). 2005. Encyclopædia of African History (volume 3). New York/London: Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 1706-1707.

“Zambia: 1991 to the Present”, in K. Shillington (ed.). 2005. Encyclopædia of African History (volume 3). New York/London: Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 1708-1709.

“How does Africa Works Work ? Retour sur une lecture hétérodoxe du politique en Afrique noire”, in A. Triuzli & M.C. Ercolessi (eds). 2004. State, Power, and New Political Actors in Postcolonial Africa. Milano: Feltrinelli, pp. 113-129. [with P. Chabal]

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

“Polysémie et évolutions d’un concept : retour cavalier sur la littérature consacrée au leadership”, in A. Smith & C. Sorbets (eds). 2003. Le leadership politique et le territoire : les cadres d’analyse en débat. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, pp. 17-43. [with M.-A. Montané]

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

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

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

“Ostentation and Political Elite Legitimation: a Cultural Comparative Perspective”, in F. Engelstad & J. Grisprud (eds.). 2001. Power, Aesthetics, Media, Oslo: Unipub, pp. 87- 110.

“Is Radio Pluralism an Instrument of Political Change? Insights from Zambia”, in R. Fardon, G. Furniss (eds.). 2000. African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition,Oxford: James Currey, pp 180-187. [with K. Verrier-Frechette]

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

“Le Nigeria en 1996 : élites nationales, problèmes de société et turbulences politiques”, in J.-P. Doumenge & J.-F. Lionnet (eds). 1997. Regards sur l’Afrique (1996-1997). Paris: CHEAM, pp. 37-39.

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

“The 1976 Local Government Reform in Nigeria and the 1982 Decentralisation Reform in France - Some Comparative Remarks”, in O. Aborisade (ed.). 1989. Nigerian Local Government Reformed. Ile-Ife: Obafemi Awolowo University Press, pp. 84-91.