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AbstractBetween the Religious, the Legal and the Politic : The EthicsThoughts on the Nature of Moral Rigorism, as Promoted and Sanctioned by the GreaterKabylia Village AssembliesAs it was recently confirmed by local elections and the first round of general elections, neither the reconstruction of the identity fabric, nor the partisan political mobilization of a modem type, are led in Greater Kabylia, under the sign of the religious. The region, however, is also going through bursts of moral rigorism. This moral rigorism which, beyond the local activity of village communities, pervades the policital life in Kabylia, though seemingly close to the ethics of radical islamism, is very far from it in many respects. The multiplicity of legitimacy referents explicitely used by this rigorism as an excuse (the reference to local " traditions ", to gentility honour and to islam) shows, on the one hand, the atypism of Kabylia within contemporary Algeria and, on the other and, the diversity of possible political expressions of the rigorist ethics of the century in Algeria.Key words : Mahe, Kabylia, rigorism, social tie, ethics, public/private space

ABSTRACTThis article examines how the Jeunesse ouvrière catholique féminine (JOCF) became a place of social education and community action training for young working class women. Like other specialized Catholic movements, the JOCF invested in the apostolate of laywomen, who were expected to become actively involved in their community. For this purpose, the JOCF offered young female workers social and religious training, as well as a support structure and financial means enabling them to meet the needs of their community. Through these services and activities, new social practices emerge, which our discussion brings to light. This link with community intervention allows us, moreover, to delineate more widely the social spaces occupied by young working class women.

AbstractDifferences in the French and Quebec historiographic perspectives allow for fruitful approaches, as this case study about the Spanish Civil War intends to demonstrate. The purpose of this article is not to study the content of the discourses once more, but rather the various uses made of a reference — i.e. how Le Devoir used and referred to the French press at the time. It is possible to observe several borrowing and selection devices, as well as silences and unspoken comments ; the French press (from the far right, from the right, as well as Catholic papers) was used in a local context, for the Spanish Civil War was also instructive on this level.

SummaryHow do immigrant women contract a new identity in a region with low-density immigation where they are confronted with the challenge of adapting to a new socio-cultural and professional environment? For such women, professional intregation is determined not only by major shifts in the structure of employment, but also by the fact that immigration itself is an important cultural transition. Socio-professional adaptation is part of the ungoing life process within which professional, social, and personal ambitions come into conflict. We shall examine representations of identity in relation to this process of social integration. We shall also look at strategies used by women in overcoming obstacles.

AbstractThis article examines the influence of didactic approaches based on geolinguistic spaces in the teaching of second and foreign languages (SL/F), specifically using the example of Francophone geolinguistic spaces. The author presents the thesis that French second and foreign language didactics in francophone spheres are based on ideologies of transmission and protection of the French language for issues between states and on those of integration for issues within states; these ideologies were historically dominated by the Hexagone. Several conclusions emerge: a) the profound changes which nourish global exchanges and global societies lead to diversity and plurality; b) current SL/F didactics, which contribute to questioning issues about identity, emancipation, and citizenship within the frame of a pluralist and emancipatory ideology can bring an ethical dimension to this transformation.

ABSTRACTThe theory of the optimum currency areas—OCA—has been, for forty years, an unavoidable framework regarding the choice of the exchange's mode. Of Keynesian inspiration, it initially supplements the friedmanian plea in favor of the generalized floating exchange rate mode. Improved, then deeply renewed by taking into account time inconsistency and the theory of credibility—the new theory of the optimal currency areas—, Mundell's construction is still robust and topical. The OCA theory maintains all its relevance at a time of rising regional unions, it is currently being used to help Canada determine the optimal mode of exchange vis-a-vis the currency of the United States—float, dollarization, monetary union—, or to help the Asian countries tempted by the peg and by regional solutions.

ABSTRACTFrom October 1972 to November 1974, the fate of a large number of Haitian immigrants living in Québec, declared to be illegal aliens by the federal government, emerged as a significant political issue. Using dialogic and synchronic means of analysis, the authors unveil the underlying structural and circumstancial dynamics of the changes affecting Québec society in the first half of the 1970 's: Following interpretative approaches inspired by microstoria, this article offers a new reading of the modes of rationality of the event, thus revealing all of its inherent complexity. Finally, the authors propose a reconceptualization of the notions of "event", "structure" and "conjoncture".