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Despite the exponential development of environmental policies, environmental problems persist and are constantly evolving. There is, clearly, a distance between the abstraction of rules and the concreteness of action. Going beyond the de‐politicization and institutional determinism that environmental policy analysis often conveys, this article suggests that the analysis should be re‐politicized in order to understand these gaps. Based on this reasoning, the concept of "law activation strategy" (LAS) is proposed as a social mechanism to analyze the complex interplay between legal rules, actors' behaviors, and environmental outcomes. Embedded within political games and asymmetric power relations, LAS cover the various positions that actors may take with regards to the rules that structure their action: concretization, passivity, diversion, circumvention, and innovation. The concept is integrated to a broader analytical framework and applied to an empirical case study related to aquatic ecosystem protection in Switzerland. By doing so, the paper demonstrates the explanatory power of LAS and its pertinence in providing a more political understanding of environmental policymaking.

Peut-on monter une mayonnaise suisse avec des œufs importés? Aromatiser aux framboises étrangères un yogourt de la région? Faire mousser la croix blanche sur une bière dont le seul ingrédient helvétique serait l'eau? Au cours des dix dernières années, ce qu'est le "manger suisse" est devenu un enjeu politique brûlant. La marque "Suisse" fait vendre. Synonyme de qualité et de tradition, cette indication de provenance s'associe selon les cas à des préoccupations d'écologie, de durabilité ou de conditions sociales. Mais comment garantir cette spécificité nationale: est-ce l'origine des matières premières qui doit primer, ou le lieu de leur transformation? (4e de couverture)