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Drawing on the context of French local authorities, this article contributes to understanding whether and how social innovation transforms public governance. Based on a multiple case study, our results show that the nature of social innovation requires a transformation in local public governance. This evolution can take different forms, ranging from governance that is both bottom-up and top-down (also known as bottom-linked governance) to governance that advocates shared responsibility between public, private and civil society actors. We propose new recommendations for policy-makers and territorial public managers, so that local authorities can successfully achieve their objectives through social innovation.
Keywords: innovation sociale, collectivités territoriales, gouvernance publique, secteur public local, étude de cas multiples, social innovation, local authorities, public governance, local public sector, multiple case studies, innovación social, autoridades locales, gobernanza pública, sector público local, estudios de casos múltiples
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This paper identifies a number of limitations on how public confidence in the justice system is generally addressed. The author suggests that public confidence be analyzed from the perspective of the societal relationship born of the power relations between vulnerable groups and socio-penal regulatory systems, in which mutual distrust is engendered and reinforced. This paper attempts to demonstrate that distrust is a fundamental element of how the criminal justice system works to frame Indigenous peoples as a risk and subject them to a penalty of control and supervision, and that it is also rooted in Indigenous peoples' individual and collective experience of a justice system that has been an important source of discrimination, oppression, and under-protection from the colonial period to the present.
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AbstractThis article highlights the consequences of colonialism for postcolonial politics and culture. First it underlines the rupture caused by the introduction of the colonialist political economy. Second it retraces the way in which progressively between 16th and 20th century the French Empire and French Colonial Republic have been established in Africa. Symbol of the triumph of republican rights, France adopted a juridical and moral dualism that resulted in a state of unlawfulness and permanent exception. Reference to its “civilizing” role as herald of human rights served as justification for the systematic use of violence and coercion. In a final section the article shows the impact of colonization on postcolonial developments: far from turning away from a traumatic past, many politicians in postcolonial times rather take colonial domination as a blueprint for their own political agenda.
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South Korea is a particularly interesting case for those interested in the social economy. Over the past fifteen years, a series of concepts and legal measures have emerged that reflect an interest in social enterprises, cooperatives, and more recently, the idea of the social economy in a society facing new social and economic challenges and a new political context since the start of democratization in the late 1980s. This article examines this process in detail and shows that while these various concepts have become more visible and widely known, they run the risk of being hijacked and distorted.
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The writers undertake a comparative study of two types of public inquiry - one pursued in Canada and the other in France - both dealing with the infected blood scandals which occurred in these two countries. This study is divided in two parts, the first describing the various aspects of the blood supply system as it existed in the 1980's, with particular emphasis on certain key events and on the participants. The second part deals with the comparative analysis itself by highlighting three facets, which include the inquiry process, the civil and criminal liability of those involved and the final impact of the inquiries. As a general conclusion, the writers discuss which of the two systems is preferable.
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We propose to examine the ways in which teaching professionals are involved in educational reform processes. To do so, we base our theoretical reflection on empirical studies of reforms implemented in France, Switzerland and Quebec. By questioning the role and place of professionals in public educational action, our reflection leads to a «concertation deficit» with regard to the world of education in general, inducing a risk for the legitimacy of the governance of educational systems and for the political decisions made about them. This heuristic basis is then used to analyze how the new Bill 23 was developed in Quebec, and the role played by professional actors.
Keywords: Réformes scolaires, enseignants, action publique, gouvernance, concertation, Educational reform, teachers, public action, governance, consultation