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Résumé Deux collègues sociologues brésiliens analysent la fondation du système d'enseignement et de recherche des sciences sociales dans leur pays. Bien que de fondation récente, son expansion est notoire. Ils nous présentent l'état des lieux ainsi que les thèmes étudiés selon la conjoncture politique et sociale. Ils analysent le passage de thèmes consacrés aux analyses macrosociales à des thèmes plus circonscrits aux nouvelles questions sociales, à la sociologie de l'entreprise ou aux études régionales, suite aux échecs rencontrés par les politiques publiques et aux espoirs déçus.

Papers presented at the Seminar on the Status of Social Sciences in the Vernacular Languages of North East India in 1998, organised by ICSSR-NERC

Science remains an eminently social institution, though the interactions between science & society are often poorly understood. This article addresses the context of recent efforts to identify environmental contributions to cancer. The authors first examine cancer incidence & discuss how incidence patterns may be related to air pollution & occupational & general toxic chemical & xenestrogen exposures. They then discuss the social context in which cancer research & treatment occurs, including the dominating role of the biomedical model & socioeconomic factors, including regulatory strategies that address single chemicals, corporate conflicts of interest, & the manipulation of public opinion. Last, they consider the broad context out of which cancer arises & discuss the merits of applying the precautionary principle to sustainable social policies. Progress in reducing cancer may be fruitfully made by returning our attention to broad-scale factors such as those affecting the quality of air, water, workplace, household environments, & the global climate. 92 References. [Copyright 2002 Sage Publications, Inc.]