Patrick Trabal

Bio: Patrick Trabal is an academic researcher from University of Paris. The author has contributed to research in topics: Discipline & Agency (philosophy). The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 31 publications receiving 147 citations. Previous affiliations of Patrick Trabal include Paris West University Nanterre La Défense & School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.

La politique de l'Agence Mondiale Antidopage : des arguments controversés

Abstract: Using the recent anti-doping protocols elaborated and/or developed by the World Anti-Doping Agency as far as control is concerned, this article intends to identify the dynamics of the argued points. The study of the uncertainties and their range allows us to consider the fight against doping as a process. This approach mainly focuses on the different ways that the protagonists manage – or not – to crosscheck axiological positions, epistemic activities and having a hold on not easily perceptible circles. / En prenant pour objet les dispositifs antidopage recents elabores et/ou developpes par l'Agence Mondiale Antidopage en matiere de controle, cet article se propose de recenser la dynamique des argumentations deployees. L'etude des incertitudes et de leur portee permet d'apprehender la lutte contre le dopage comme un processus. Cette approche s'interesse particulierement aux facons dont les acteurs parviennent – ou non – a operer les recoupements entre des positions axiologiques, des activites epistemiques et des prises sur des milieux difficilement saisissables.

Dopage et temporalités

Abstract: Rapport du contrat de recherche MILDT-INSERM 01 Convention n° 4TX26H Equipe « Sciences sociales et dopage » dirigee par Patrick Trabal :

A questão do “tempo dos atores” na sociologia pragmática

Abstract: Para apreender a forma como as “sociologias pragmaticas” abordam aquestao do tempo, propomos apresentar estas sociologias atraves da nocao de“tempo dos atores”, e explicitar o desenvolvimento e o uso de uma ferramentametodologica construida especificamente para lidar com os limites deste programasociologico; para ilustrar este projeto utilizamos tres objetos de pesquisasobre os quais nos debrucamos.

Les formes de travail scientifique en STAPS : entre disciplinarité et interdisciplinarité

Abstract: Les STAPS s’inscrivent dans un vaste mouvement a la fois scientifique et politique encourageant l’interdisciplinarite. Consideree comme productrice de connaissances originales ou davantage heuristiques pour traiter les questions sociales complexes, sa mise en place n’est pas sans poser de problemes dans le travail scientifique ordinaire. Cette discipline, originellement pluridisciplinaire, est impregnee par la question interdisciplinaire. A partir d’un corpus de textes varies et d’entretiens avec des enseignants-chercheurs, notre enquete vise a mieux comprendre les modalites de l’activite interdisciplinaire. Nous soulignons la tension entre deux injonctions propres au travail interdisciplinaire et parfois contradictoires : l’interdisciplinarite et l’exigence academique disciplinaire. Nous montrons que c’est au travers de six formes de travail que nous presenterons comme des chemins frayes, entendus comme des regimes d’action stabilises, que se dessinent les modes de travail interdisciplinaire reperes dans le domaine des STAPS.

The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields (Chinese Translation)

Abstract: What makes organizations so similar? We contend that the engine of rationalization and bureaucratization has moved from the competitive marketplace to the state and the professions. Once a set of organizations emerges as a field, a paradox arises: rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them. We describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative—leading to this outcome. We then specify hypotheses about the impact of resource centralization and dependency, goal ambiguity and technical uncertainty, and professionalization and structuration on isomorphic change. Finally, we suggest implications for theories of organizations and social change.

'Hard' women and 'soft' women. The social construction of identities among female boxers

Abstract: This article uses a combination of Bourdieu's concept of habitus theory and an interactionist perspective to examine women's participation in the traditionally `man's world' of boxing. The two major aims of the study were to identify how women entered and stayed involved in boxing and the types of identities that they forged in the process. The data were collected via participant-observation and in-depth interviews with a sample of women boxers and their coaches. It was found that the women's entry into and continued involvement in boxing depends on both disposition and situation. It was also concluded that women boxers occupied an ambivalent position: on the one hand, by definition, they challenged the existing gender order; on the other hand, they also reinforced the status quo by displaying traditional modes of femininity. This tension was related to the modalities of boxers' practice (`hard' or `soft') and their social histories. In short, the process of identity-formation among women boxers was insep...

The Socialization of Young Cyclists and the Culture of Doping

Abstract: The objective of this article is to understand how the specific interactions between actors involved in the production of performance influence the socialization process by which cyclists learn the...

Personal Reasons for Withdrawal from Team Sports and the Influence of Significant others among Youth Athletes

Abstract: The aim of this study was to identify the main reasons for withdrawal from team sports and to examine the influence of significant others (i.e., coaches, parents, peers, and siblings) in the decision making concerning withdrawal from youth sports. An attempt was also made to compare withdrawal components and the influence of significant others in terms of gender, level of competition and years of involvement in youth sports. The participants in this study were young football (American soccer) (n=397), ice hockey (n=88) and basketball (n=50) players who had terminated their participation in their sports. Principal component analysis was used to reduce the number of withdrawal items and identify principal withdrawal components. The results indicated that having other things to do and a decline in excitement were the most important reasons for withdrawal. Coaches and teammates appeared to be the two main groups of significant others who influenced young player's decision making related to their withdrawal. S...