https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/When-French-Banks-Encounter-their https://booksandideas.net/When-French-Banks-Encounter-their 2014-03-24T08:30:00Z text/html en Georges Gloukoviezoff Society France inequalities banks exclusion Institut du monde contemporain <p>Most banks have now abandoned their previous function of providing advice. Instead, they view their services as products designed to maximize profits. They have started invoking the client's autonomy as a way of passing on the risk of financial exclusion to their customers. In what ways have bank employees reacted to these new circumstances?</p> https://booksandideas.net/Neighborhoods-and-Cultural https://booksandideas.net/Neighborhoods-and-Cultural 2011-05-13T06:52:00Z text/html en Michel Kokoreff Society France subculture suburbs Africa controversy exclusion <p>The sociologist Michel Kokoreff takes a fresh look at the controversy aroused by Hugues Lagrange's book <i>Le déni des cultures</i>. He urges us not to neglect the substance of the debate and analyzes the book's theses in detail before subjecting them to criticism.</p>