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managerialstrategies(forexamplehumanresourcesstrategies)<strong>in</strong>relationtotheirpositions <strong>in</strong>theeld,andmorelargely\reproductionstrategies"(marriage,fertility,etc.).InLanoblessed'Etat[8],wherethisarticleisreproduced,thisanalysiswascomb<strong>in</strong>edtoastudyof 12 Booktitlegoeshere<br />
structuralhomologiesbetweentheeldofpower<strong>in</strong>whichtheeconomiceliteis<strong>in</strong>cluded, andtheeldof\grandesecoles"(highereducation<strong>in</strong>stitutions).<br />
TwootherusesofGDAtechniquestookplace<strong>in</strong>aprosopographicalstudyaboutacademics <strong>in</strong>Francearound68(Bourdieu1984[7])and<strong>in</strong>aneconomic{sociologicalstudyaboutthe ductedalongBourdieu'sl<strong>in</strong>e.IthasallowedBourdieuhimselftoexplorethemajorhypothesesofhistheorysuchas:\thepositions[<strong>in</strong>aeld]commandtheposition{tak<strong>in</strong>gs".S<strong>in</strong>cethelate1970s,geometricmodel<strong>in</strong>ghasbeenthebasisofallempiricalworkcon<strong>in</strong>2001,Bourdieureiterated([11]p.70):\Thosewhoknowthepr<strong>in</strong>ciplesofmultiplecorrespondenceanalysiswillgrasptheanitiesbetweenthismethodofmathematicalanalysisandtheth<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>termsofeld".Tobecomplete,oneshouldaddthatBourdieu'scolleaguesandfollowershavemadean<strong>in</strong>tensiveuseofGDAmethodss<strong>in</strong>cethemiddleof eldofprivatehous<strong>in</strong>g(Bourdieu2000[10]).InhislastlectureattheCollegedeFrance,<br />
AnnieVerger(artists),amongothers,havepublishedchaptersofbooksorarticlesbasedon MCAdur<strong>in</strong>gthe1980sandthersthalfofthe1990s. the1970s.LucBoltanski(onmanagersand\denonciation"),RemiLenoir(demographers, familypolicy),PatrickChampagne(Frenchpeasants),MoniquedeSa<strong>in</strong>t-Mart<strong>in</strong>(nobility),<br />
<strong>in</strong>tensivelyus<strong>in</strong>gCAandMCAs<strong>in</strong>cetheendofthe1980s.LennartRosenlund[31]was cleofGiseleSapiroabouttheeldofFrenchwritersunderGermanoccupationpublished educationaroundDonaldBroadyandMikaelBorjesson,<strong>in</strong>spiredbyBourdieu'swork,were <strong>in</strong>Actesdelarechercheensciencessociales<strong>in</strong>1996.Inparallel,Swedishsociologistsof AnewgenerationofresearchbasedonGDA<strong>in</strong>the1990swasmadevisiblebyanarti-<br />
the1990s.In1998,aconference<strong>in</strong>Cologne(Germany)gavewaytoastrongnewalliance comesofthiscooperationwastheanalysespublished<strong>in</strong>Actesdelarechercheensciences betweenBourdieu,sociologistsreferr<strong>in</strong>gtoBourdieu'ssociologicaltheoryandstatisticians <strong>in</strong>terested<strong>in</strong>Bourdieu'stheorylikeHenryRouanetandBrigitteLeRoux.Amongtheout- simultaneouslyreplicat<strong>in</strong>gBourdieu'sresultsaboutlifestyles<strong>in</strong>StavangerandNorway<strong>in</strong><br />
socialesabouttheeldofpublishersmentionedandillustratedbelow,andanarticleby Hjellbrekkeetal.(2007[23])putt<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>topracticerecenttheoreticalandtechnical<strong>in</strong>novations<strong>in</strong>GDA.OnecanalsoaddseveralarticlesandbooksbyLebaron(2001[28]),Duval (2004[21]),anddoctoralthesesbyDenord(2003[18]),Borjesson(2005[2]),Hovden(2008 Bourdieu'sschoolandquantication<strong>in</strong>recentyears).Recently,anarticleaboutlifestyles cooperationwithagroupofsociologists<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>gMikeSavageandAlanWarde(LeRoux [24])amongmanyotherapplications(whichcouldbetheobjectofanotherchapterabout <strong>in</strong>theUKus<strong>in</strong>gspecicMCA,concentrationellipseswaspublishedbyBrigitteLeRoux<strong>in</strong> etal.2008[27]).<br />
1.5ASociological<strong>Research</strong><strong>Program</strong> Onecan<strong>in</strong>ferfromBourdieu'spracticeageneralprogrambasedontheuseofGDA<strong>in</strong><br />
Cologneconferenceonthe"EmpiricalInvestigationof<strong>Social</strong>Spaces"<strong>in</strong>1998,afterwhich lastpublicationus<strong>in</strong>gGDAmethodsbyBourdieuhimself.Theanalysiswererealized<strong>in</strong> collaborationwithBrigitteLeRouxandHenryRouanet;thisworkwasjustfollow<strong>in</strong>gthe 1999[9])canbeseenasthemoreup{to{dateversionofthisunderly<strong>in</strong>gprogram.Itisthe sociology.Theexampleofhisarticle\Unerevolutionconservatricedansl'edition"(Bourdieu<br />
aco{operationbetweenbothgroupsofresearchersbegan.
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