Recent publications
14 March 2024
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.
4 March 2024
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.
14 February 2024
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 […]
2 February 2024
We are pleased to announce the publication of the summary of the book “Marcel Roncayolo Sur les pas d’un géographe singulier “, by Eric Verdeil in Geocarrefour.
1 February 2024
We are pleased to announce the publication on 2 January 2024 of the book Recycling Class The Contradictions of Inclusion in Urban Sustainability, by Manisha Anantharaman. Abstract An ethnographic and community-engaged study of the class, caste, and gender politics of environmental mobilizations around Bengaluru, India’s discards. In Recycling Class, Manisha Anantharaman examines the ideas, flows, and relationships around unmanaged discards in Bengaluru, India, itself a massive environmental problem of planetary proportions, to help us understand what types of coalitions deliver social justice within sustainability initiatives. Recycling Class links middle-class, sustainable consumption with the environmental labor of the working poor to […]