Claude Dubar (11 December 1945 – 29 September 2015) was a French sociologist.

Biography

After his teaching experience at

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in 1974, he joined the French National Centre for Scientific Research and became

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at the

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in 1977. His

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, under the direction of

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, focuses on vocational training in France In 1988, he joined the ''Centre d'études et de recherches sur les qualifications'' (Centre for Studies and Research on Qualifications) in

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, which researches topics close to those already studied by Claude Dubar: in particular, relations between the

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of education and work, and especially the sociology of professional identities. After 1993 he was a sociology teacher at the Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University.

Research topics

Professional identities

At the heart of Dubar's work are professional identities. Beyond industrial sociology, it is a sociology of professional identities in which he tries to implement in order to better analyze the crisis that characterizes today's professional identity. Indeed, professional identity confronts the processes by which modernity evolves, such as the rationalization process that characterizes the contemporary

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Reflections on socialization

In a more general way, Claude Dubar reflects on the socialization process with particular instances of professional identity. However, in his book ''La Socialisation, construction Des identités sociales et professionnelles'' (The Socialisation, building social and professional identities), he attacks the genesis of an identity matrix and its construction in early childhood. To do so, he theorizes a distinction between "self identity" and "identity to others."

Bibliography

* ''Faire de la sociologie, un parcours d'enquêtes'' (Doing sociology, a survey path), 2006. * ''Sociologie des professions'' (Sociology of professions), 2005. * ''Analyser les entretiens biographiques'' (Analyze the biographical interviews), with Didier Demazière, 2004. () * ''La Socialisation, construction des identités sociales et professionnelles'' (Socialization, construction of social and professional identities), 2002, Armand Colin. () * ''La Crise des identités'' (Crisis of Identity), 2001. (), 2010, PUF. ()Claude Dubar La crise des identités L'interprétation d'une mutation Paris. PUF, 2000.
* ''La Promotion sociale en France'' (Social Promotion in France), with Charles Gadea, 1999. * ''Genèse et dynamique des groupes professionnels'' (Genesis and dynamic professional groups), with Yvette Lucas, 1994. * ''La Formation professionnelle continue'' (Continuing Professional Education), thesis, 1984.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dubar, Claude 1945 births French sociologists Academic staff of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University 2015 deaths