Pierre Bourdieu and Democratic Politics: The Mystery of Ministry

Introduction: Symbolic Power and Democratic Practice.

1 Pointers on Pierre Bourdieu and Democratic Politics.

(Loïc Wacquant).

2 From the King's House to the Reason of State: A Model of the Genesis of the Bureaucratic Field.

(Pierre Bourdieu).

3 The Mystery of Ministry: From Particular Wills to the General Will.

(Pierre Bourdieu).

4 Scholarship with Commitment: On the Political Engagements of Pierre Bourdieu.

(Franck Popupeau and Thierry Discepolo).

5 Ancien Régime Ballots: A Double Historicization of Electoral Practices.

(Olivier Christin).

6 Making the People Speak: On the Social Uses of and Reactions to Opinion Polls.

(Patrick Champagne).

7 Symbolic Power in the Rule of the "State Nobility".

(Loïc Wacquant).

8 The Making and Breaking of the Czechoslovak Political Field.

(Gil Eyal).

9 The Cunning of Imperialist Reason.

(Pierre Bourdieu and Loïc Wacquant).

Key Writings of Pierre Bourdieu on Democratic Politics.

Index