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The state is often regarded as an abstract and neutral bureaucratic entity. Against this common sense idea, At the Heart of the State argues that it is also a concrete and situated reality, embodied in the work of its agents and inscribed in the issues of its time.The result of a five-year investigation conducted by ten scholars, this book describes and analyses the police, the court system, the prison apparatus, the social services, and mental health facilities in France. Combining genealogy and ethnography, its authors show that these state institutions do not simply implement laws, rules and procedures: they mobilise values and affects, judgements and emotions. In other words, they reflect the morality of the state.Of immense interest to both social scientists and political theorists, this work will make an important contribution to the ever expanding literature on the contemporary state.Didier Fassin est directeur d'études à l'EHESS (laboratoire IRIS). Il mène des recherches sur les enjeux sociaux, politiques et moraux dans les sociétés contemporaines..Table des matières. Preface, by Didier FassinIntroduction: Governing Precariousness, by Didier Fassin.First Part: JUDGING1 The Right to Punish: Assessing Sentences in Immediate Appearance Trials,by Chowra Makaremi2 Justice for Immigrants: The Work of Magistrates in Deportation Proceedings,by Nicolas Fischer3 In Search of Truth: How Asylum Applications Are Adjudicated,by Carolina Kobelinsky.Second Part: REPRESSING4 Maintaining Order: The Moral Justifications for Police Practices,by Didier Fassin5 Sanctioning behind Bars: The Humanization of Retribution in Prison,by Fabrice Fernandez6 Assisting or Controlling? When Social Workers Become Probation Officers,by Yasmine Bouagga.Third Part: SUPPORTING7 Discipline and Educate: Contradictions within the Juvenile Justice System,by Sébastien Roux8 The Listening to Suffering: Dealing with Mental Fragility in a Home for Adolescents,by Isabelle Coutant and Jean-Sébastien Eideliman9 The Profiling of Job Seekers: Counseling Youths at an Employment Center,by Sarah MazouzConclusion: Raisons d’État, by Didier FassinGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex.Informations techiques :At the Heart of the State. The Moral World of Institutions, par Didier Fassin (dir.).Pluto PressISBN (version papier): 9780745335599Publié en juillet 2015312 p.&#160;Acheter l'ouvrage sur le site The University of Chicago Press Books&#160;