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AbstractPolitical claims commonly argue that the plurality of incommensurable moral horizons now renders traditional modes of conflict management obsolete. In particular, the bargaining model has no relevance or legitimacy with respect to identity politics. The desire to give an account of such phenomena has led to a major shift within political theory, where the notion of "moral pluralism" has a key role. While intense debate surrounds the nature of moral personhood and its institutional implications, moral pluralism itself appears taken for granted. Yet its fragility is revealed by a comparison with traditional interest group pluralism. Indeed, in spite of its "moral" language, the contemporary version of pluralism would be indistinguishable, in practical political terms, from good old polyarchy. The crucial theoretical issue in this respect is the play of transparency and opacity with respect to political conflict, in other words the presence or absence of a norm of political interaction in terms of which the reasons for making a claim are decisive in assessing the claim's legitimacy. In these terms, "moral" pluralism is ambivalent, and ultimately deeply contradictory. If the challenge of value pluralism is as important as is, the political theory of moral pluralism has not yet provided an adequate answer.
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AbstractThis article aims to examine the validity of two major criticisms that are generally referred to by French-speaking political scientists who refuse to recognize governance as a scientific concept, specifically, that it is a notion which is irremediably ideological and extremely polysemous. The aim of this article is both to demonstrate the real scope of these criticisms and to point out on which epistemological terms they could be countered in future. It also explains why it may be judged appropriate to begin conceptualizing governance in the field of political science, in the French-speaking world as well.
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The emancipation movement for people with disabilities is part of a long historical process, marked by at least two revolutions that have permitted them to progressively acquire recognition of their rights. The first revolution, so-called deinstitutionalisation, in the course of the 1970’s, involves the recognition of their civil rights. The second revolution, starting in the 1980’s, was dominated by the recognition of their social, economic and cultural rights. A third, and ongoing, revolution is necessary so as that their political rights be recognised and also so they may be active citizens, equally and completely. In order for people to exercise their political rights, they must possess the required civic skills, which implies the availability of place for civic involvement that would permit them to acquire and exercise theses skills. This is called the process of political socialisation. As part of an "international and educational program for democratic citizenship, by, for and with people with disabilities", an action research project is underway to better understand the process of political socialisation, the acquisition and development of civic skills for people involved in user committees or associations that promote or advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities.
Keywords: citoyenneté, gouvernance démocratique, compétences civiques, droits, efficacité politique, handicap, citizenship, democratic governance, civil skills, rights, political effectiveness, disability