Experts et expertise scientifique. Le cas de la France

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ID3156290
AuthorsChristiane Restier-Melleray (corresponding author)
Year1990
Volume40
Issue4
Pages546-585
Publication date1990-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevue française de science politique (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0035-2950 • E-ISSN: 1950-6686
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/rfsp.1990.394498
OpenAlexW2075052646
LanguageFR
Citations received43

Experts and scientific expertise. The French case The French political-administrative discourse attributes undeniable importance to the role which experts are supposed to play, expertise becoming, according to some authors, a new means of regulation of the French political system. Using as tlie field of study scientific expertise in contemporary France, it is observed thai compared with the American ideal type, it constitutes a mere device applied to a basically technocratic administrative system. The concepts of the President remain faithful to the decision-making model. The conclusion is therefore that apparently contradictory practices and discourses coexist in France. Their analysis must emphasize the importance of the institutional system within which imported and, until now, distorted procedures arc found

Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Ideal (ethics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Technocracy · Education, sociology, and vocational training · Law · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Philosophy · Social Sciences and Governance

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