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International audience ; Since the end of the 1980s, the « participative turn » of international heritage politics has introduced new heritage categories (cultural landscape, intangible heritage, etc.) which have allowed for the temporal, spatial, and conceptual extension of the scope of heritage. Southeast Asian societies have been concerned by this international trend. Not only national and local governments have broadened heritage recognition from monuments to urban districts and landscape, but also, heritage advocates (academics, architects and planners, activists, intellectuals) have claimed that heritage must take into account local spirituality and religiosity, as well as ordinary urban knowledge and practices. Moreover, inhabitants and communities shall be actively involved in heritage management. As these debates and struggles do not achieve consensus, heritage in Southeast Asia can be seen as a never-ending process of redefinition of heritage values, which assemble various rationalities, objectives, reference systems, and values in syncretic and evolving ways. This process generates « hybrid heritages » which contextually assemble fragments of international heritage discourses with local specificities drawing on customary and spiritual practices. We propose here three main lenses to analyze these hybrid heritages: namely, urban projects and conservation planning; heritage vocabularies; and the interplay of actors who are involved in Southeast Asian heritage politics. ; À partir de la fin des années 1980, le « tournant participatif » des politiques patrimoniales internationales a introduit de nouvelles catégories du patrimoine (les paysages culturels, le patrimoine immatériel, etc.) qui ont favorisé l'extension du domaine de reconnaissance de la valeur patrimoniale des édifices, des lieux et des pratiques sur le plan temporel, spatial et conceptuel. Les sociétés sud-est asiatiques ont été concernées par ce mouvement international. Non seulement les gouvernements nationaux et locaux ont élargi le spectre ...

Without radically upsetting the institutional & political balance of the Union, the Commission's White Paper on Governance, published 25 Jul 2001, proposes a new basis for the EU's institutional legitimacy. However, this conceptual re-foundation gives rise to new & fundamental questions. To speak of governance within democracy is indeed unthinkable unless 'governance' is redefined as a form of government where the legitimacy of public action (as well as its efficiency) is made possible by a 'proceduralization' of law. The failure to promote legitimacy with concepts borrowed from the vocabulary of the nation-state is nevertheless puzzling: should the 'participatory democracy' be considered a substitute for representative democracy? Even if this is not the case, it is uncertain whether 'participatory democracy' sufficiently embodies the democratic ideal, at least at the European Union level. 1 Table, 53 References. Adapted from the source document.

The emergence of the theme of diversity in the 2000s changed the manner in which debates were framed. Put in motion many years ago in research on interethnic relations, and initially met with a degree of indifference, the notion has benefitted from being put on the agenda of the struggle against discrimination. This has allowed the diversity theme to impose itself first on the world of business, then on the assembly of social sectors and political discourse. Missing from the republican program, ethnicity or "cultural difference" constitutes an illegitimate category. As a determinant of political identity, collective representation has long held such concepts at a distance, and in the field of French politics, it has remained an afterthought until very recently. In this context, it is surprising that the debate over diversity has found itself moved into the domain of political life so rapidly. Following a series of elections (presidential, parliamentary, municipal), including the Obama episode, the issue of diversity in political representation in France has raised questions regarding the presence of "visible minorities" among party leaders and elected officials. This article offers a speculative reflection arising from field research conducted in fall 2008, with different actors mobilized around the subject of "diversity in politics." The research indicated that there has been a double change in the conceptual structure: use of the vocabulary of diversity has overcome the difficulties of integration in foreign politics based on suffrage, and through representation, it has entered the debate on the recognition of "visible minorities" in the heart of the Republic. Adapted from the source document.

This thesis focuses on the analysis of official and usual discourses in order to evaluate the efficiency of wording and concepts in the definition of the economic development policies implemented in Côte d'Ivoire, a country which was considered as a showcase of the implementation of these policies.The conceptual framework refers to the work of Pierre Bourdieu (1982, 1991), who emphasizes the power of discourse and associated vocabulary. Indeed, according to Bourdieu, there is a linguistic market on which is exchanged, an overbidding of words and concepts. In keeping with this vision, we believe that there is also such a market that is specific to development. This market is characterized by a balance of power between social actors for the control of a "symbolic power" which asserts itself in linguistic exchanges. Some of these actors named as "experts" thus create the words of development, while others, notably developing country governments (DCs) and their populations, receive, integrate or reinterpret them, sometimes giving another meaning. And as in any market, an equilibrium price allows regulating the exchanges. The amount of credits and financing granted by donors may be considered as such a price.In this context, the power of words and related concepts in the definition and implementation of economic development policies and their effectiveness in terms of poverty reduction can be questioned. It is answering to this question which constitutes the objective of the thesis.In order to answer this question we examined the discourse of the various stakeholders involved in the development of Côte d'Ivoire, by comparing the results of qualitative interviews from actors of the Ivorian social life to the official texts of the government and the Bretton Woods institutions IBW).The first part of the thesis examines the history of Côte d'Ivoire's economic development policies, showing how a discourse based on economic theories that underpins the practices of development allows the emergence of a symbolic power. Thus, ...

This thesis focuses on the analysis of official and usual discourses in order to evaluate the efficiency of wording and concepts in the definition of the economic development policies implemented in Côte d'Ivoire, a country which was considered as a showcase of the implementation of these policies.The conceptual framework refers to the work of Pierre Bourdieu (1982, 1991), who emphasizes the power of discourse and associated vocabulary. Indeed, according to Bourdieu, there is a linguistic market on which is exchanged, an overbidding of words and concepts. In keeping with this vision, we believe that there is also such a market that is specific to development. This market is characterized by a balance of power between social actors for the control of a "symbolic power" which asserts itself in linguistic exchanges. Some of these actors named as "experts" thus create the words of development, while others, notably developing country governments (DCs) and their populations, receive, integrate or reinterpret them, sometimes giving another meaning. And as in any market, an equilibrium price allows regulating the exchanges. The amount of credits and financing granted by donors may be considered as such a price.In this context, the power of words and related concepts in the definition and implementation of economic development policies and their effectiveness in terms of poverty reduction can be questioned. It is answering to this question which constitutes the objective of the thesis.In order to answer this question we examined the discourse of the various stakeholders involved in the development of Côte d'Ivoire, by comparing the results of qualitative interviews from actors of the Ivorian social life to the official texts of the government and the Bretton Woods institutions IBW).The first part of the thesis examines the history of Côte d'Ivoire's economic development policies, showing how a discourse based on economic theories that underpins the practices of development allows the emergence of a symbolic power. Thus, ...

This thesis focuses on the analysis of official and usual discourses in order to evaluate the efficiency of wording and concepts in the definition of the economic development policies implemented in Côte d'Ivoire, a country which was considered as a showcase of the implementation of these policies.The conceptual framework refers to the work of Pierre Bourdieu (1982, 1991), who emphasizes the power of discourse and associated vocabulary. Indeed, according to Bourdieu, there is a linguistic market on which is exchanged, an overbidding of words and concepts. In keeping with this vision, we believe that there is also such a market that is specific to development. This market is characterized by a balance of power between social actors for the control of a "symbolic power" which asserts itself in linguistic exchanges. Some of these actors named as "experts" thus create the words of development, while others, notably developing country governments (DCs) and their populations, receive, integrate or reinterpret them, sometimes giving another meaning. And as in any market, an equilibrium price allows regulating the exchanges. The amount of credits and financing granted by donors may be considered as such a price.In this context, the power of words and related concepts in the definition and implementation of economic development policies and their effectiveness in terms of poverty reduction can be questioned. It is answering to this question which constitutes the objective of the thesis.In order to answer this question we examined the discourse of the various stakeholders involved in the development of Côte d'Ivoire, by comparing the results of qualitative interviews from actors of the Ivorian social life to the official texts of the government and the Bretton Woods institutions IBW).The first part of the thesis examines the history of Côte d'Ivoire's economic development policies, showing how a discourse based on economic theories that underpins the practices of development allows the emergence of a symbolic power. Thus, ...

This thesis focuses on the analysis of official and usual discourses in order to evaluate the efficiency of wording and concepts in the definition of the economic development policies implemented in Côte d'Ivoire, a country which was considered as a showcase of the implementation of these policies.The conceptual framework refers to the work of Pierre Bourdieu (1982, 1991), who emphasizes the power of discourse and associated vocabulary. Indeed, according to Bourdieu, there is a linguistic market on which is exchanged, an overbidding of words and concepts. In keeping with this vision, we believe that there is also such a market that is specific to development. This market is characterized by a balance of power between social actors for the control of a "symbolic power" which asserts itself in linguistic exchanges. Some of these actors named as "experts" thus create the words of development, while others, notably developing country governments (DCs) and their populations, receive, integrate or reinterpret them, sometimes giving another meaning. And as in any market, an equilibrium price allows regulating the exchanges. The amount of credits and financing granted by donors may be considered as such a price.In this context, the power of words and related concepts in the definition and implementation of economic development policies and their effectiveness in terms of poverty reduction can be questioned. It is answering to this question which constitutes the objective of the thesis.In order to answer this question we examined the discourse of the various stakeholders involved in the development of Côte d'Ivoire, by comparing the results of qualitative interviews from actors of the Ivorian social life to the official texts of the government and the Bretton Woods institutions IBW).The first part of the thesis examines the history of Côte d'Ivoire's economic development policies, showing how a discourse based on economic theories that underpins the practices of development allows the emergence of a symbolic power. Thus, ...