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A number of research projects in the social sciences have added complexity to the woman/man model. This article examines the genesis and contributions of these approaches, while suggesting a new avenue of research. An abundant literature exists on the intertwining of social relations and on femininity and masculinity types, but it often fails to break down what gender means for each or to question the woman/man divide. Drawing on the sociology of social classes and considering contemporary transformations of the gendered order, this article calls for an understanding of gender as a multidimensional space in which positions are both numerous and composite. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Gender Sociology, a field of teaching and research in construction at the University of Yaoundé 1 and at the Catholic Institute of Yaoundé (South-Cameroon)." Subsequent to the J. Moutome Ekambi (2004)'s article appraising the scientific status of "Women and Gender Studies" in Cameroon till 1990, the present paper tries to undertake a diachronic analysis of the scientific status of gender sociology at the university of Yaoundé 1 and at the Catholic Institute of Yaoundé, through changes in educational curriculum and in scientific works. The importance of gender sociology is evaluated here through the number and types of lessons taught as well as the total number of lecturers' publications and students' field studies, since the spontaneous emergence of this discipline in these two universities. After a brief disciplinary clarification, the authors realize, in turn, take stock of things and the perspectives for the construction of gender sociology in these two universities. Despite some significant progress over four decades, the influence of this disciplinary field will go through the organization of a scientific colloquium on the discipline in order to create educational and theoretical debates between the lecturers here and their colleagues of other African Nations, since many countries have many common social norms and values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article introduces various topics covered in the issue including the sociology of gender born in the U.S., learners in sociological analysis of relationships social sex, and the evolution of the sociology of gender.

The political in Côte d'Ivoire is closely linked to the media. Two media entities emerge from the relationship. This sociology journalistic context points out three typologies in the ivoirian media landscape. These are the « green newspapers » close to the RHDP the ruling coalition, the « blue newspapers » that defend the FPI vision, the political opposition and socalledindependant newspapers. The functionning of the first two categories(green newspapers and blue newspapers) in such that each person spreads the point of view of the political party whose ideology he supports. These newspapers, with in the same block, cultivate a kind of unanimity expression of their political ideology vis-à-vis the news. Subsequently, it can be inferred that « blue newspapers » and « green newspapers » are part of a kind of activism or even political commitment. In studing this crisis, it is a question of how political conflict becomes a journalistic conflictuality. More precisely, how this conflicuality stage dis reflected in the journalistic discourse ? In addition, the treatment of the news of the crisis at the FPI leads us to describe and understand the processes used by journalists of the staging of this conflict. Therefore, we make the assumption that the scenography of the FPI's crisis, suggests distinct discursive formations whose purpose is manipulation Therefore, this reflection, from a perspective of discourse analysis, underlines that the test of internal democracy, the block of « blue newspapers » like its political class, has bipolarized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper is a sociological thought on the implementation of the Cameroonian National Gender Policy in the field. After a brief description of the greatest winnings of this public development policy, the author tries to make a critical sociology of the main factors which limit its real implementation in the public and private spheres of our nowadays societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the time of the « emergence »-seeking, the present article attempts to contribute to the promotion of enterprising mind by the holders of a diploma in sociology of the University of Yaoundé 1, where the self-vocational integration is very weak or nearly nil. Basing on the counting the survey results, the author reveals alternately the definition of an enterprise, the types of enterprises in Cameroon and the techniques of creating and scientific management of firms. Considering that the new researcher for African development must always questions oneself on the end and the impact of its scientific activity (Jean-Marc Ela, 2001, p.26), the authors give a few suggestions to improve the self-employment situation of the holders of a diploma in sociology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information and communication technologies, in their rapid growth, have acquired an extraordinary power over social dynamics. A host of new behaviors are emerging in the public and private space and whose control is beyond the control of social actors. The proof is made daily with the overflowing euphoria aroused by social networks and the democratization of the Smartphone. Can this bulimia of digital communication be justified simply by technical progress, or should we associate the analysis of this phenomenon with relational and psychosociological factors? This issue is reminiscent of the controversial debate over technological determinism that is convened through this article to seek to understand who, the technological tool or society, has primacy over the other in the manifestation and explanation profound social changes that affect sectors as diverse as communication, civic life, security, education, commerce, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to give a historical and epistemological overview of the teaching and the research in Labor sociology at the University of Yaoundé 1 (UY1), since the spontaneous emergence of this discipline at the former University of Yaoundé (UY) in the academic year 1978-1979. After a brief disciplinary clarification, the author describes, in turn, the situation and the future prospects of the construction of the Labour sociology in this state university. Significant progress has been made in nearly four decades. But, the national and international influence of this disciplinary field necessitates the organization of scientific colloquiums and seminars in order to permit the teacher-cum-researchers to share their knowledge and experience with their colleagues of other universities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

La manière dont la minorité de jeunes filles des Zones d'Éducation Prioritaires (ZEP) se débrouille pour réussir leur scolarité a été très peu discutée dans le domaine des sciences de l'éducation. L'étude cherche à rendre compte, en essayant de comprendre, ce qu'elles font, en termes de mécanismes déployés, pour inscrire leur scolarité dans des parcours de succès individualisés. Elle est ethnographique et repose sur un devis de recherche qualitatif, faisant appel à la méthode des entretiens individuels, comme technique de collecte des données. Elle a concerné 10 filles des ZEP, recrutées à l'aide d'un échantillonnage par choix raisonné. À partir d'une analyse de contenu thématique, les résultats se structurent autour de trois axes : les difficultés d'apprentissage, les mécanismes de réussite et les facteurs motivationnels de la réussite. Pour ce qui est notamment des mécanismes mis en oeuvre, les résultats révèlent qu'au-delà de l'effort personnel, certaines filles en situation de ZEP font usage du travail de groupe en traitant des épreuves ; d'autres s'en sortent grâce aux cours de répétitions ou bien avec l'aide des aînés. En effet, l'inscription des réussites dans des parcours individualisés s'aligne sur la question des transfuges de classe, tout en offrant la possibilité de mettre en évidence la capacité et le pouvoir d'agir des filles sur elles-mêmes et sur leur environnement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article focuses on the theoretical tools of Refoundation of the School like the Mülhmann effect in pedagogy. It discusses the institutionalization, sociology of religions, French and Russian revolutions, organize learning with priority of primary school and relevance of this tool. It also talks about the failure of the prophecy in pedagogy.

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Analysing the writings and research from major French feminist studies scholars, this article attempts to reconstruct a debate which has never really taken place in France although it has developed in other countries (for example in Britain and the USA) about the legitimacy of sexuality as a relevant topic for sociological research and as a specific issue for feminist theorization. Having outlined the considered, and partly historically justifiable, reasons developed in France to reject the inclusion of sexuality in gender theorization, this article argues that articulating gender and sexuality brings epistemological and political payoffs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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