About
Trained as a sociologist and linguist, Pierre Grelley worked for twenty years as a documentalist in the social sector, before taking on the task of promoting research within the GIP "Mission de recherche Droit et Justice". He is a regular contributor to Informations sociales magazine and the "Contrepoints" column.
Most viewed articles
The Piveteau Report: Solutions to fill the gaps in support for the disabled
In Informations sociales (2020/1 No 201)
The Sociology of an Emotion
A Look at Empirical Works on the Sociological Approach to Love
In Informations sociales (2007/8 No 144)
Counterpoint—The Experimental Method: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2012/6 No 174)
Counterpoint. Making grief an object of social science: The work of Jacques Cherblanc
In Informations sociales (2025/2 n° 214)
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Counterpoint. The COVID challenge for caregivers: The contribution of the Covideuil survey
In Informations sociales (2025/2 n° 214)
Counterpoint. Making grief an object of social science: The work of Jacques Cherblanc
In Informations sociales (2025/2 n° 214)
Counterpoint— Food social security, a founding moment?
In Informations sociales (2025/1 n° 213)
Counterpoint Learning societies
In Informations sociales (2024/1 No 212)
Counterpoint The homeless: The archetype of the dropout
In Informations sociales (2024/1 No 212)
Counterpoint Reaching out to those who drop out or drift away
In Informations sociales (2024/1 No 212)
Counterpoint
Infant mortality in France, a worrying trend
- By Pierre Grelley
- and Jérôme Minonzio
In Informations sociales (2023/3 No 211)
Counterpoint
Redefining rural areas
In Informations sociales (2023/1-2 No 209-210)
Counterpoint
Nickel accounts reveal life in priority neighborhoods
In Informations sociales (2023/1-2 No 209-210)
Counterpoint
Making a living in declining rural areas
In Informations sociales (2023/1-2 No 209-210)
Counterpoint
The impact of COVID-19 on caregivers’ strategies
In Informations sociales (2022/4 No 208)
Counterpoint
The “Cordées en santé” project: A social innovation
In Informations sociales (2022/4 No 208)
Focus
Help for caregivers
- By Pierre Grelley
- and Jérôme Minonzio
In Informations sociales (2022/4 No 208)
Counterpoint
Children, the first victims of air pollution
In Informations sociales (2022/2 No 206)
Counterpoint
The Trial of the Century: When activists take the state to court for climate inaction
In Informations sociales (2022/2 No 206)
Counterpoint
Repairing objects: Is planned obsolescence a social boon for the ecological transition?
In Informations sociales (2022/2 No 206)
Counterpoint
Access to drinking water: Another source of inequality
In Informations sociales (2022/2 No 206)
Counterpoint
Digitally fighting the effects of the pandemic: The proposal of social centers
In Informations sociales (2022/1 No 205)
Counterpoint
The platform state versus the state?
In Informations sociales (2022/1 No 205)
Counterpoint
The status of cross-border workers with regard to social protection
In Informations sociales (2021/2-3 No 203-204)
Counterpoint
From injustice to discrimination: The case study of retired Moroccan railroaders
In Informations sociales (2021/2-3 No 203-204)
Counterpoint
Telling one's life story… in the name of science?
In Informations sociales (2020/1 No 201)
Counterpoint
Cohorts. Bringing the movement to social studies
In Informations sociales (2020/1 No 201)
Counterpoint
The Piveteau Report: Solutions to fill the gaps in support for the disabled
In Informations sociales (2020/1 No 201)
Childhood and adolescence: Drawing on the social sciences
Pierre Grelley comments on Sciences humaines et travail social (1973) and Enfant en-jeu (1975)
In Informations sociales (2019/2 No 200)
Counterpoint—Karl Polanyi: A humanist vision of economics
In Informations sociales (2019/1 No 199)
Counterpoint—Societies without an economy/economies: The perspective of the anthropologist Pierre Clastres
In Informations sociales (2019/1 No 199)
Counterpoint—Currencies that benefit citizens
In Informations sociales (2019/1 No 199)
Counterpoint – The public service user, between administré and customer
In Informations sociales (2018/3 No 198)
Counterpoint – The Public Services Barometer, the Institut Paul Delouvrier’s annual survey
In Informations sociales (2018/3 No 198)
Counterpoint – Inventing quality management: The thought of W. Edwards Deming
In Informations sociales (2018/3 No 198)
Counterpoint—Do universal values exist?
In Informations sociales (2018/1-2 No 196-197)
Counterpoint—Restoring republican values
In Informations sociales (2018/1-2 No 196-197)
Counterpoint—Welfare 2.0
In Informations sociales (2018/1-2 No 196-197)
Counterpoint—Hugo, Zola, and the people
In Informations sociales (2018/1-2 No 196-197)
Counterpoint—The faces of maturity
In Informations sociales (2016/4 No 195)
Counterpoint—Young people with mental disabilities also become adults
In Informations sociales (2016/4 No 195)
Counterpoint—The return of inter-generational cohabitation
In Informations sociales (2016/4 No 195)
Counterpoint—Fifteen centuries of immigration to France
In Informations sociales (2016/3 No 194)
Counterpoint—The French abroad
In Informations sociales (2016/3 No 194)
Counterpoint—Migrants’ access to healthcare
In Informations sociales (2016/3 No 194)
Counterpoint—The utopian family in the nineteenth century
In Informations sociales (2016/2 No 193)
Counterpoint—A new partnership for social services?
In Informations sociales (2016/2 No 193)
Counterpoint—The family through the eyes of philosophers
In Informations sociales (2016/2 No 193)
Counterpoint—The development of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) in France
In Informations sociales (2016/1 No 192)
Counterpoint—Other ways of financing: Social Impact Bonds
In Informations sociales (2016/1 No 192)
Counterpoint—“He who opens a school door, closes a prison”
In Informations sociales (2016/1 No 192)
Counterpoint―The organization of public statistics in France
In Informations sociales (2015/5 No 191)
Counterpoint―A status for the whistleblower?
In Informations sociales (2015/5 No 191)
Counterpoint―The “Théâtre du fil”
In Informations sociales (2015/4 No 190)
Counterpoint―Why do people burn libraries?
In Informations sociales (2015/4 No 190)
Counterpoint―Social welfare before “La Sécu”
In Informations sociales (2015/3 No 189)
Counterpoint―Can one leave Social Security?
In Informations sociales (2015/3 No 189)
Counterpoint―Roland Lebel (1912–2013): One hundred years of serving families
In Informations sociales (2015/3 No 189)
Counterpoint―Abuse of weakness: From reality to law
In Informations sociales (2015/2 No 188)
Counterpoint―Care: Reconsidering social ties?
In Informations sociales (2015/2 No 188)
Counterpoint―Support or career reorientation for professional athletes?
In Informations sociales (2015/1 No 187)
Counterpoint―Georges Hébert and the natural method
In Informations sociales (2015/1 No 187)
Counterpoint―The birth of overseas France
In Informations sociales (2014/6 No 186)
Counterpoint― “Slave festivities” in Martinique
In Informations sociales (2014/6 No 186)
Counterpoint―Chinese first names and surnames: Flexible identities
In Informations sociales (2014/5 No 185)
Counterpoint―The Hukou of urban and rural dwellers
In Informations sociales (2014/5 No 185)
Counterpoint―An overview of the Loucheur Law
In Informations sociales (2014/4 No 184)
Counterpoint―Sleep for sale
In Informations sociales (2014/4 No 184)
Counterpoint—The two fathers of demographics
In Informations sociales (2014/3 No 183)
Counterpoint―Demographics and social policies
In Informations sociales (2014/3 No 183)
Counterpoint—Gross national happiness
In Informations sociales (2014/2 No 182)
Counterpoint—How does poverty generate social exclusion?
In Informations sociales (2014/2 No 182)
Counterpoint—Taking play seriously
In Informations sociales (2014/1 No 181)
Counterpoint—Cultivating your garden
In Informations sociales (2014/1 No 181)
Counterpoint—Genealogy and Social Aid: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2013/6 No 180)
Counterpoint—Women, the Economic Crisis, and Vulnerability: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2013/6 No 180)
Counterpoint—Territory and Social Policies in Europe: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2013/5 No 179)
Counterpoint—The Birth of Social Intermunicipality: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2013/5 No 179)
Counterpoint—Better Understanding the Maisons de la justice et du droit (Law Centers) to Better Understand Your Rights: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2013/4 No 178)
Counterpoint—What Are the Current and Potential Benefits of Social Rights?: La justiciabilité des droits sociaux, Edited by D. Roman: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2013/4 No 178)
Counterpoint—America on the Rise: “The Making of an American Aristocracy. An Interview with Shamus Khan” by Pauline Peretz: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2013/3 No 177)
Counterpoint—Sociology in America: La sociologie aux États-Unis aujourd’hui by Angèle Christin and Étienne Ollion: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2013/3 No 177)
Counterpoint—The Rights of Fathers: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2013/2 No 176)
Counterpoint—Two Texts on Fatherhood and Parenthood: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2013/2 No 176)
Counterpoint—Do We Need to Save Social Security?: Vive la protection sociale! by Bertrand Fragonard: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2013/1 No 175)
Counterpoint—Three Texts on the Dynamics of Social Protection in Europe: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2013/1 No 175)
Counterpoint—The Experimental Method: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2012/6 No 174)
Counterpoint—Esther Duflo and Social Experiments: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2012/6 No 174)
Counterpoint—The Hidden Side of the Family: La fratrie, creuset des paradoxes by Monique Buisson: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2012/5 No 173)
Counterpoint—Brothers and Sisters: Frères et sœurs: Histoire d’un lien by Didier Lett: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2012/5 No 173)
Counterpoint—Scientific Thinking: How Does It Work? Le constructivisme (In 3 Volumes) by J.-L. Lemoigne: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2012/4 No 172)
Counterpoint—What Makes a Society?: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2012/4 No 172)
Counterpoint—Disabled Persons in Australian Immigration Law: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2012/3 No 171)
Counterpoint—Feminism in Australia: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2012/3 No 171)
Introduction
In Informations sociales (2012/2 No 170)
Counterpoint—Harmonizing the Deontology of Mediators in Europe: L’harmonisation de la déontologie des médiateurs en Europe, a Study by Silvestre Tandeau de Marsac: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2012/2 No 170)
The Scales, the Sword, and the Pendulum
For a Brief History of Mediation
In Informations sociales (2012/2 No 170)
Counterpoint—Judge or Arbitrator: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2012/2 No 170)
Counterpoint—For a Global Social Assistance System: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2012/1 No 169)
Counterpoint—Discovering Care: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2012/1 No 169)
Counterpoint—A Portrait of Japan as a Disoriented Adolescent: Japon, la crise des modèles by Muriel Jolivet: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2011/6 No 168)
Counterpoint—Hikikomori: Voluntarily Asocial: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2011/6 No 168)
Counterpoint—New Careers in Social Action: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2011/5 No 167)
Counterpoint—The Social Usefulness of Networks: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2011/5 No 167)
Counterpoint—ERASMUS and Similar Programs: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2011/3-4 No 165-166)
Counterpoint—Sociological Portraits of Youth: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2011/3-4 No 165-166)
Counterpoint—Rural Sociology: Another Commentary on Mendras’s Autobiography
In Informations sociales (2011/2 No 164)
Counterpoint—Thinking Differently about Our Relationship with Nature: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2011/2 No 164)
Counterpoint—German Studies on the Middle Class: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2011/1 No 163)
Counterpoint—The German Reference: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2011/1 No 163)
Counterpoint—The Country’s Unity: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2010/6 No 162)
Counterpoint—Georges Gontcharoff: A Local Development Activist: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2010/6 No 162)
Counterpoint—How to Survive in Class: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2010/5 No 161)
Counterpoint—Initiatives in Sex Education: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2010/5 No 161)
Counterpoint—A Return to the Best Interests of the Child: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2010/4 No 160)
Counterpoint—The Pivotal Role of the Child in the Family: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2010/4 No 160)
Counterpoint—The New Statesman from One Century to Another: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2010/3 No 159)
Counterpoint—Beveridge, the Father of the Welfare State: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2010/3 No 159)
Focus—Marianne’s Smile
Charter and Label Eponyms
In Informations sociales (2010/2 No 158)
Counterpoint—A Citizen Customer?: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2010/2 No 158)
Counterpoint—User Associations: Mediation and Partnerships: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2010/2 No 158)
Counterpoint—Capitalism with a Human Face?: Vers un nouveau capitalisme by M. Yunus: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2010/1 No 157)
Counterpoint—From the State Planning Commission to the Strategic Analysis Center: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2010/1 No 157)
Counterpoint—To Whom Do You Tell Your Life Story?: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2009/6 No 156)
Counterpoint—Life Upside Down: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2009/6 No 156)
Counterpoint—For a New Cost of Living Index: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2009/5 No 155)
Counterpoint—When the Journey Stops for Good: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2009/5 No 155)
Counterpoint—Family, Parenting, and Education in Africa: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2009/4 No 154)
Counterpoint—Children, Their Judges, and Their Families: Travail social et soins psychologiques by Pierre Segond: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2009/4 No 154)
Counterpoint—Unfaithful Maps: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2009/3 No 153)
Counterpoint—In Search of Social Time: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2009/3 No 153)
Counterpoint—Oeuvres by Fernand Deligny (1913–1996): A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2009/2 No 152)
Counterpoint—Tracking Social Work: A New Path: Pourquoi le travail social? Définition, figures, clinique by Saül Karsz: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2009/2 No 152)
Counterpoint—Evaluating the Evaluation: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2008/6 No 150)
Counterpoint—Thinking Differently about Unemployment: Le chômage, fatalité ou nécessité? by Pierre Cahuc and André Zylberberg: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2008/6 No 150)
Counterpoint—Is a Mixed Marriage Fragile?: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2008/5 No 149)
Parenthood, Families, and Society
In Informations sociales (2008/5 No 149)
Counterpoint—Husbands and Wives, Parents, Grandparents: A New Territory: Couple conjugal, couple parental: vers de nouveaux modèles by Geneviève Bergonnier-Dupuy, and Monique Robin: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2008/5 No 149)
Counterpoint—Women Jazz Musicians: Femmes du jazz. Musicalités, féminités, marginalisations by Marie Buscatto: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2008/4 No 148)
Counterpoint—Racism and Science: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2008/4 No 148)
Counterpoint—A Logical Analysis of Social Networks: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2008/3 No 147)
Counterpoint—Networking Language: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2008/3 No 147)
Counterpoint—Parents “Chosen” for Adoption: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2008/2 No 146)
Counterpoint—Opposing Accepted Ideas: L’Adoption by Fanny Cohen Herlem: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2008/2 No 146)
Counterpoint—Rediscovering Personalism: Le personnalisme by Emmanuel Mounier; Une société à vivre. Refonder le personnalisme by Alain Leroux: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2008/1 No 145)
Counterpoint—Sociology and the Individual: Matériaux pour une sociologie de l’individu. Perspectives et débats by Vincent Caradec and Danilo Martucelli: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2008/1 No 145)
The Sociology of an Emotion
A Look at Empirical Works on the Sociological Approach to Love
In Informations sociales (2007/8 No 144)
Counterpoint—Mothers and Daughters, Rivalries and Solidarities: Les filles et leurs mères by Aldo Naouri; Mères-filles, une relation à trois by Caroline Eliacheff and Nathalie Heinich; Entre mère et fille: un ravage by Marie
In Informations sociales (2007/8 No 144)
Counterpoint—Is Incest Universally Forbidden?: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2007/8 No 144)
Counterpoint—A Brief Look at the History of French in Quebec: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2007/7 No 143)
Counterpoint—Quebecisms: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2007/7 No 143)
Counterpoint—Learning after School: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2007/6 No 142)
Counterpoint—Discovering the City: Des corps urbains by Thierry Paquot: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2007/5 No 141)
Counterpoint—Social Housing: A Historical European Perspective: Le monde des grands ensembles by Annie Fourcaut and Frédéric Dufaux: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2007/5 No 141)
Counterpoint—Questioning Child Protection: Ces enfants qu’on sacrifie… au nom de la protection de l’enfance by Maurice Berger: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2007/4 No 140)
Counterpoint—The Child and Related Institutions: “L’enfant et ses institutions”: Issue 63 of the Revue de l’enfance et de l’adolescence: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2007/4 No 140)
Counterpoint—The Many Kinds of Family Policy in Europe: Les politiques familiales by Julien Damon: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2007/3 No 139)
Counterpoint—Some Background Information: Histoire et evolution de la politique familiale en France by Jacques Bichot: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2007/3 No 139)
Counterpoint—On the Semantics of “tutelle” (Guardianship)
In Informations sociales (2007/2 No 138)
Counterpoint—Emancipation
In Informations sociales (2007/2 No 138)
Counterpoint—The Judge and the Pay Scale: Alimony Payments: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2007/1 No 137)
Counterpoint—Youths’ Money and Economic Impact: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2007/1 No 137)
Counterpoint—Are You Postmodern?: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2006/8 No 136)
Counterpoint—The Morals of Others: Les constructions de l’intolérable. Étude d’anthropologie et d’histoire sur les frontières de l’espace moral by Didier Fassin and Patrice Bourdelais: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2006/8 No 136)
Counterpoint—Knowledge and Experience
In Informations sociales (2006/7 No 135)
Counterpoint—Training in Question: A Report from the Inspection générale des affaires sociales (French Evaluation Office of Social Affairs) : A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2006/7 No 135)
Counterpoint—From Mother to Daughter: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2006/6 No 134)
Counterpoint—Transmission and the Folk Tale
In Informations sociales (2006/6 No 134)
Counterpoint—From Nannies to Mothers’ Helpers: Le bébé au coeur d'une relation parents-assistante maternelle : Des paradoxes... aux compétences professionnelles by Bénédicte Allouchery: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2006/5 No 133)
Counterpoint—The Child’s Best Interest: A Gray Area: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2006/5 No 133)
Counterpoint—French Law and Last Names of Children: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2006/4 No 132)
Counterpoint—J’attends un enfant by Laurence Pernoud: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2006/4 No 132)
Counterpoint—Identity and Filiation: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2006/3 No 131)
Counterpoint—Filiation, Lineage, and Kinship: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2006/3 No 131)
Counterpoint—Sociologie urbaine by Yves Grafmeyer and Chronique familiale en quartier impopulaire by Annick Madec: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2006/2 No 130)
Counterpoint—Residential Mobility and the Family: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2006/2 No 130)
Counterpoint—Standard of Living for Families and Children in Europe: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2006/1 No 129)
Counterpoint—Child Abduction: Les enlèvements internationaux d’enfants by Hugues Fulchiron: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2006/1 No 129)
Counterpoint—Prophecies and Other Speculations in The Morning of the Magicians by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2005/8 No 128)
Counterpoint—Linguistic Origins of the French Word “prospective ”: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2005/8 No 128)
Counterpoint—Judging Differently
In Informations sociales (2005/7 No 127)
Counterpoint—When the Justice System Pardons or Forgets a Crime: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2005/7 No 127)
Counterpoint—The Diploma and the Cap: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2005/6 No 126)
Counterpoint—In-Home Social Work: Intervenir au domicile by Elian Djaoui: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2005/6 No 126)
Counterpoint—Living Separately to Live Happily: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2005/5 No 125)
Counterpoint—Banning Apartheid: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2005/5 No 125)
Counterpoint—The Evolving Chinese Family
In Informations sociales (2005/4 No 124)
Counterpoint—Marx, Women, and Families: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2005/4 No 124)
Counterpoint—The Invention of Joint Property Ownership: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2005/3 No 123)
Counterpoint—Housing Workers: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2005/3 No 123)
Counterpoint—On the Issue of Gender: La distinction entre sexe et genre—une histoire entre biologie et culture by Ilana Löwy and Hélène Rouch: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2005/2 No 122)
Counterpoint— Schooling of Children of Divorced Parents: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2005/2 No 122)
Counterpoint—When Municipalities Unite: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2005/1 No 121)
Counterpoint—A Look at Decentralization in Europe: A Commentary
In Informations sociales (2005/1 No 121)
