Recent publications

A new article titled “The Rise and Fall of the Sociology of the Global City” by Patrick Le Galès was published in the Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 50, 2024. Abstract In the 1980s and 1990s, a series of publications, including Saskia Sassen’s landmark book The Global City, triggered a new current of research aiming to link a cycle of globalized financial and tech capitalism to a new type of city, analogous to what the industrial city had been in the past. This article first reviews this literature in relation to the history and sociology of the world city. It […]

An interview with Olivier Legros et Tommaso Vitale titled “Dix ans de résorption de bidonvilles… et de recherches”, conducted by Louis Bourgois and Elise Roche, is now online on Géocarrefour 97/2, 2023.

A conversation with Patrick Le Galès titled “Comparative research on European cities and policies. The Sciences Po Urban School approach“, was published in Metrolab series, pp. 242-257.

The article written by Chantal Verdeil and Eric Verdeil and titled “Extension mondiale du domaine marchand. L’éducation et l’électricité dans la crise libanaise” was published in March 2024 in the journal Esprit. Abstract [French] Les secteurs de l’éducation et de l’électricité sont au cœur de l’effondrement actuel du Liban. Après la construction d’un service public, les deux domaines ont été gagnés par la marchandisation, qui accroît les inégalités et rend l’économie du pays vulnérable à une mondialisation non maîtrisée. 

The article written by Sukriti Issar and titled “The Hustler and the Mooch: Slavery in Late Eighteenth-Century Bombay” was published in January 2024 in the journal Slavery & Abolition. Abstract How did property in persons manifest itself in late eighteenth-century Bombay? This article uses judicial records to explore how the master-slave relationship could be inverted: a woman sued a man who claimed to ‘own’ her for the money she spent on maintaining him. These records provide a unique insight into the biography and everyday life of an urban slave in this period and the intertwining of domesticity, caste, religion and […]