Pierre Bordieu and Democratic Politics

Introduction: Symbolic Power and Democratic Practice. 1 Loïc Wacquant: Pointers on Pierre Bourdieu and Democratic Politics. 2 Pierre Bourdieu: From the King´s House to the Reason of State: A Model of the Genesis of the Bureaucratic Field. 3 Pierre Bourdieu: The Mistery of Ministry: From Particular Wills to the General Will. 4 Frank Popeau and Thierry Discepolo: Scolarship with Commitment: On the Political Engagements of Pierre Bourdieu. 5 Olivier Christin: "Ancien Régime" Ballots: A Double Historicization Practices. 6 Patrick Champagne: "Making the People Speak": On the Social uses of and Reactions to Public OPinion Polls. 7 Loïc Wacquant: Symbolic Power in the Rule of the "State Nobility". 8 Gil Eyal: The Making Breaking of the Czachoslovak Political Field. 9 Pierre Bourdieu and Loïc Wacqueant: The Cunning of Imperialist Reason.