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AbstractHow can the ‘fields' theory, applied in physics, psychology and in the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu, be used to tackle the question of public debates ? Such is the question to which this paper seeks to respond by presenting the epistemological, theoretical and methodological bases of such an initiative. Thus, we shall see how — and against what — this notion of ‘field' in physics and then in psychology is constructed. We shall then question the interest of this approach ‘in the geometric manner', in other words this method of relational thought, to approach sociologically the present debate on prostitution in Belgium. In this regard, it will not be a question of presenting research findings, but rather preliminary observations which, in our view, enable such a debate to be treated ‘as' a field.
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SUMMARYThis article is about young people of 15 to 18 who live as street prostitutes in the downtown area of Montreal. They are described as traumatised victims of the social system because no adult ever understood their affective needs which in turn made them feel rejected early in their life. Moving from their natural family to a «Welcome Center», they then find themselves on the street, barely surviving, without work, roof or food. They are soon part of a prostitution ring which only leads to a dead end and despair. In short, those youngsters are victims of a drifting society.
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This article concerns the commercial prostitution that was operating in the Montreal region from 1981 to 1985. An analysis of the police archives and the classified advertisements made it possible to reconstitute the decisions a criminal who wants to get into this market has to make with regard to the opportunities available and the specific requirements of his milieu (social and police-related). One of the major conclusions of this article is the transient structural nature of ventures in commercial prostitution. The results could be evidence of the temporary nature and instability of the criminal opportunities themselves.
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