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D-Index
45
Citations
13309
World Ranking
3770
National Ranking
40

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1991 - Polish Academy of Science
  • 1990 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Alain Touraine is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure in France. Their primary research falls within the Social Sciences, with a subfield focus on Urban Studies.

The scientist has concentrated their work on topics related to Social Sciences and Governance. This thematic focus is reflected across their recent scholarly contributions.

Touraine's recent papers include:

  • History, Modernity and Global Identities, 2020, published in Glocalism Journal of Culture Politics and Innovation

Frequent publication venues for Alain Touraine's work include the Glocalism Journal of Culture Politics and Innovation.

Touraine has collaborated often with several co-authors. These include:

  • Jürgen Hartmann
  • Fatiha Hakiki
  • Lê Thành Khôi
  • Boubakar Ly
  • Cecilia Braslavsky

The scientist has contributed to book publications released by UNESCO. These books are:

  • Facing the future: young people and unemployment around the world, 2020
  • Quel emploi pour les jeunes? Vers des stratégies novatrices, 2020

Alain Touraine has been recognized by several academic institutions and awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1994
  • Polish Academy of Science, 1991
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 1990

Best Publications

  • ¿Podremos vivir juntos?: iguales y diferentes

    Alain Touraine

  • The voice and the eye : an analysis of social movements

    Alain Touraine

  • An Introduction to the study of Social Movements

    Alain Touraine

  • Critique de la modernité

    Alain Touraine

  • The post-industrial society;: Tomorrow's social history: classes, conflicts and culture in the programmed society

    Alain Touraine

  • Critique of modernity

    Alain Touraine

  • Can We Live Together?: Equality and Difference

    Alain Touraine;David Macey

  • La voix et le regard

    Alain Touraine

  • Return of the Actor: Social Theory in Postindustrial Society

    Alain Touraine;Stanley Aronowitz;Myrna Godzich

  • The voice and the eye

    Alain Touraine

  • The self-production of society

    Alain Touraine;Derek Coltman

  • The Voice and the Eye: An Analysis of Social Movements.

    Peter Kivisto;Alain Touraine;Alan Duff

  • Na fronteira dos movimentos sociais

    Alain Touraine

  • What Is Democracy

    Alain Touraine;David Macey

  • Crítica de la modernidad

    Alain Touraine

  • Pourrons-nous vivre ensemble? : égaux et différents

    Alain Touraine

  • La Société post-industrielle

    Alain Touraine

  • Un nuevo paradigma: para comprender el mundo de hoy

    Alain Touraine

  • The Blackwell dictionary of twentieth-century social thought

    William Outhwaite;Tom B. Bottomore;Ernest Gellner;Robert A. Nisbet

  • LE RETOUR DE L'ACTEUR

    Alain Touraine

  • Lipset S. M., Political man. The social bases of politics.

    Alain Touraine

  • Los movimientos sociales

    Alain Touraine

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells University of Southern California
Anthony Giddens
Anthony Giddens London School of Economics and Political Science
Axel Honneth
Axel Honneth Columbia University
Peter Kivisto
Peter Kivisto Augustana College
Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
John H. Goldthorpe
John H. Goldthorpe University of Oxford
Scott Lash
Scott Lash University of Oxford
Martin Carnoy
Martin Carnoy Stanford University
Ernest Gellner
Ernest Gellner London School of Economics and Political Science
Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu Collège de France

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