Books by Vincent Dubois

Are Welfare offices anonymous bureaucratic machines or the locus of neutral service relationships? Showing how people experience state public administration, this book provides a realistic view of French welfare policies, institutions and reforms and, in doing so, dispels both of these myths.

Despite the musical and social roles they play in many parts of the world, wind bands have not attracted much interest from sociologists. The Sociology of Wind Bands provides a sociological account of this musical universe. Based on a qualitative and quantitative survey conducted in north-eastern France.