Rapporte BIPAJESome moments of life are much more dense in changes, and they lead to significant shifts in the life course. These turning points are characterized by unpredictability, radicality, contamination between the different life spheres, intentionality of the decision, and the irreversibility of the final reorientation. Bifurcations inform us a lot about forces governing the ordinary course of lives, just as these are entering a crisis, crumbling and clashing.We aimed at identifying the arrangements of circumstances, events and decisions which formed the key moments. The international comparison allowed to put into perspective the social frameworks, institutional policies and cultural norms which frame paths and foster more or less ...