Alain Girard Explained

Region:	Western Europe
Era:	20th century
Alain Girard
Birth Date:	13 March 1914
Birth Place:	France
Death Date:	11 January 1996 (aged 82)
Death Place:	France
School Tradition:	Sociology
Main Interests:	Sociology, Demography
Notable Ideas:	Studies on marital choice and educational inequalities

Alain Girard (13 March 1914 – 11 January 1996), was a French sociologist and demographer. He was known for his research on spouse selection and educational inequalities.^[1]

Life and career

In 1946, Alain Girard was recruited by Alfred Sauvy at the French National Institute for Demographic Studies, where he spent most of his career as a deputy to Jean Stoetzel and as head of the psychosociology section.^[2]

In 1964, he was appointed professor at the Sorbonne in the chair of demography.

Publications

• Français et émigrés, Paris, 1953
• Développement économique et mobilité des travailleurs, Paris, 1956
• Les tendances démographiques en France et les attitudes de la population, Population, Paris, 1960
• La Réussite sociale en France, Paris, 1961
• La Stratification sociale et la démocratisation de l'Enseignement, Paris, 1963
• Le Journal intime, Paris, 1963
• Les diverses classes sociales devant l'Enseignement : mise au point générale des résultats, Population, Paris, 1965
• Le Choix du conjoint, Paris, 1974. Reissued as Le Choix du conjoint. Une enquête psycho-sociologique en France, Armand Colin, "Classics Library" collection, 2012, 327 p., Introduction by Wilfried Rault and Arnaud Régnier-Loilier, ISBN 978-2-200-27832-8.
• Les Immigrés du Maghreb : études sur l'adaptation en milieu urbain, INED, 1977 [Online Presentation [archive]]
• L'Homme et le nombre des hommes. Essai sur les conséquences de la révolution démographique, Paris, 1984.

Further reading

• Roussel. Louis. Tribute to Alain Girard. Population. 51. 2. 1996. 283–284.
• Rose. José. On Some Uses of Numbers in Sociology: Around Alain Girard's Work, Education, and Youth Integration. Population. 51. 2. 1996. 285–301. 10.2307/1534582.

External links

• Official INSEE website (in French) - National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies of France.
• Official INED website (in French) - French National Institute for Demographic Studies.
• Additional information on Alain Girard's work (in French)

Notes and References

1. André. Akoun. Alain Girard (1914–1996). Hermès. 1996. 19.
2. François. Gresle. In memoriam: Alain Girard (1914–1996). French Review of Sociology. 1996. 37. 4. 509–510.