Describes the historical and social events which accompanied the rise of the agricultural advisor in France. (Text is in French.) (AM)

A profile of the modern French executive, in terms of educational background, lifestyle, salary, and preoccupations. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Discusses the relative social position, and freedom of expression, of the journalist, in France and in the world context. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Time sharing, in which professionals distribute their working hours among several enterprises through part-time contracts, creates jobs, enables small businesses to take advantage of skills and experience, and gives flexibility. The question of how benefits, retirement, and unemployment insurance apply remains to be resolved. (SK)

Proposes a method whereby news media materials are analyzed on the sociological, anthropological, and semiological level, with a view towards analyzing the role of the journalist in French society. (Text is in French.) (AM)

In this study we analyzed the socioeconomic differences in mortality from suicide in the economically active male population aged 25-64 years in Spain and France in 1980-1982 and 1988-1990; in the case of Spain the data came from the Eight Provinces Study (Regidor, Gutierrez-Fisac, & Rodriguez, 1995). Individuals were grouped into four…

From preservation of historical monuments to repair of existing buildings, architectural heritage seems to be a market with a future for France's building industry. The public's enthusiasm, along with greater appreciation of the "value" of cultural goods and their integration into a framework of economic development offer a favorable…