1. Introduction: toward a renewed comparative cultural sociology Michèle
Lamont and Laurent Thévenot; Part I. Race, Gender, and Multiculturalism: 2.
The rhetorics of racism and anti-racism in France and the United States
Michèle Lamont; 3. Sexual harassment in France and the United States:
activists and public figures defend their definitions Abigail Cope Saguy;
4. Assessing the literary; intellectual boundaries in French and American
literary studies Jason Duell; Part II. The Cultural Sphere: Publishing,
Journalism, and the Arts: 5. Culture or commerce? Symbolic boundaries in
French and American book publishing Daniel Weber; 6. Involvement and
detachment among French and American journalists: to be or not to be a
'real' professional Cyril Lemieux and John Schmalzbauer; 7. From rejection
of contemporary art to culture war Nathalie Heinich; Part III. Political
Cultures and Practices; 8. Community and civic culture: the Rotary Club in
France and the United States Agnès Camus-Vigué; 9. Political practice and
culture in French and American environmental disputes: 9a. French and
American disputes: an introduction Claudette Lafaye, Michael Moody and
Laurent Thévenot; 9b. Forms of valuing nature: arguments and modes of
justification in French and American environmental disputes Laurent
Thévenot, Michael Moody and Claudette Lafaye; 9c. Comparing models of
strategy, interests, and the public good in French and American
environmental disputes Michael Moody and Laurent Thévenot; 10. Conclusion:
Exploring the French and the American polity Laurent Thèvenot and Michèle
Lamont.
