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Conjugal violence is a serious and persistent social problem; one-third of all women globally have been a victim of it. This article will discuss the empirical and theoretical links between conjugal, domestic, and structural violence. The article will start with a short background describing how conjugal violence has been shaped as a socio-criminal problem in Québec. It will then identify the primary knowledge gaps in the field, thereby demonstrating the need to better understand the complex links between conjugal, domestic, and structural violence, three concepts whose definitions could be enhanced and made mutually complementary. The article will stress the importance of considering the diverse realities faced by those involved in these types of violence (women, men, and children), focusing on a broad analysis that integrates not only individual and interpersonal factors but also social and structural factors, in particular oppression based on gender or other social identity markers. The discussion will be enhanced by theoretical models that describe various dynamics of conjugal and domestic violence, as well as by intersectional feminism, which has proved useful in analyzing structural violence. The conclusion will deal with the possible effects of analyzing links between conjugal, family, and structural violence on social policy and intervention programs for victims, committers, and children exposed to conjugal violence.

Keywords: violence conjugale, France, États-Unis, État social, politiques publiques, prise en charge de la violence, approche ethnographique, approche socio-historique, domestic violence, France, United States, social state, public policy, prevention of violence, ethnographic approach, socio-historic approach

In the context of the COVID-19 health crisis, the politicization of science was a necessary response to the challenges faced. While this mediation (influenced by political considerations) served as a strategic response, we argue that it remained incomplete from an ethical perspective. A retrospective analysis of the situation has highlighted the need to sustain and expand the advisory role that ethics bodies played in the health network during the pandemic. The complexity arising from a sustained interaction between scientific knowledge, public policies and ethics bodies calls for a deeper and continued reflection on their integration into society, while maintaining a critical perspective on the power dynamics inherent in public health.

Keywords: santé des populations, éthique, crise sanitaire, multidisciplinarité, médiation, intégration de connaissances, population health, ethics, health crisis, multidisciplinarity, mediation, knowledge integration

The promotion of active transportation (AT) – utilitarian trips including walking, cycling, and public transit use – represents an opportunity for increasing physical activity. Ottawa is a noteworthy example of success when measured by AT rates and assessed in a North American context. At the same time, its AT performance is weak in comparison with those of the best international cities, suggesting that its failure to achieve higher AT rates may be related to factors associated with its North American location. Through an application of the advocacy coalition framework (ACF), a formal policy process theory from political science, this paper highlights the importance of a category of enduring political obstacles (the ACF's relatively stable parameters) with respect to long-term AT promotion efforts in Ottawa. Individual interviews were conducted with 21 Ottawa-based AT experts. Document review was employed as a secondary method. Overall, the research indicates challenges related to Ottawa's North American sociocultural context and its political system constituted very strong obstacles to AT promotion. Viewed from the perspective of attempts to promote health in urban settings, these findings suggest that in jurisdictions subject to challenges similar to those identified for AT promotion in Ottawa, health-based actors should be encouraged to direct advocacy efforts to areas not normally within their traditional domains. In the case of AT in Ottawa, these might include, for example, the municipal revenue system and traditions within the field of transportation and land use planning.

Keywords: transport actif, marche, cyclisme, transports en commun, la santé dans toutes les politiques, théorie de science politique, cadre des coalitions de cause, étude de cas, Ottawa, active transportation, walking cycling, public transit, health in all policy, political science theory, advocacy coalition framework, case study, Ottawa

This article looks at the changes induced by the Plan d'action gouvernemental pour la solidarité et l'inclusion sociale 2010-2015 on the strategic choices of the Table d'action contre la pauvreté de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue between 2008 and 2015. In the field of poverty reduction and in the case studied, the public reforms that try to steer the collective action of community organizations met with resistance to the model proposed and led to the adoption of new practices through the reconfiguration of the strategic choices of this collective actor. This regional analysis will be put into perspective with other observations made at the provincial level, especially the co-construction of public policies and the resistance to social protection transformations.

Keywords: lutte à la pauvreté, organismes communautaires, action collective, stratégies, plan d'action gouvernemental

The goal of this article is to propose a comparative perspective to strengthen our understanding of the relation between social policies and decentralisation of powers in multinational states. It starts by setting out a theoretical approach for understanding the complex and changing relations between issues of national identity and those of social protection. Examining the impact of nationalist movements on the development of the welfare state, the article documents how these relations are linked. The empirical focus is a comparison of Quebec and Scotland.

The research compares (the UK / France / Italy) management and communication practices of European metropolitan cities. This article concludes in a diversity of NPM implementations and discourses. The post-NPM seems more uniformly spread, but its valuation in local communication is limited. The NPM had widely contributed to a transfer of power to managers. Politicians do not practice a complete communication, required by the post-NPM, to avoid transferring power to citizens. This lack of communication is a resilience tool of the elected representative.

Keywords: communication financière, métropoles européennes, New Public Management, post-NPM, financial communication, European metropolitan cities, comunicación financiera, metrópolis europeas