Rationalités, référentiels et cadres idéologiques

Abstract

Taking main sociological theories into consideration, this paper underlines the difficulties resulting from opposition between conscious and unconscious reasons in explaining individual actions. For political sciences, this issue is whether ideologies, and beliefs can be seen as instruments to support previous decisions or as their cognitive origin. The hesitations of Pierre Muller’s policies analysis framework on this subject and other patterns devoted by political scientists to the construction of public issues, lead to enhance the notion of ideological frame instead of referential, as Pierre Muller used it. By setting a medium level between referential and Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of habitus, this proposal aims to bring a better insight into the influence of ideological involvements and self-identification of relevant actors in policy making

Keywords

• public action
• ideology
• rationality
• referential frame
• habitus