Towards a dynamic approach to reconversions

Abstract

Although they are often analyzed as forms of reproduction, reconversions have been characterized as forms of mobility in a number of works. Both options are not strictly contradictory and can equally be justified. However, trying to better circumscribe this notion seems utterly necessary today. Although not pretending to offer a precise definition, the author mainly leans on research on the élite conducted in different geographical (France, Hungary, Russia) and historical contexts, and proposes a better grounded and more heuristic approach to reconversions that would also permit them to be clearly distinguished from conversions.