Sociologies (Feb 2019)
Penser ensemble le changement des institutions et celui de leur environnement. Trois modèles
Abstract
The text will develop the following thesis : Contemporary transformations of public institutions force the sociologist to make some theoretical inflections in relation to the commonly developed work on institutional change. Indeed, it becomes difficult to study the change of institutions one by one and in relation to a backdrop that would imply the stability of their “mandates” or moral authority. The text therefore proposes to closely articulate the change of institutions and the change of the social context and presents three theoretical models for this purpose: The institution in its context, Institutional fields, and Emerging movements that produce institution. The first model, often implemented by the author on school and mental health, is just recalled. The second is illustrated by the case of public policy on autism, the third by developments in the “modular” way of thinking. In conclusion, the author insists on the precariousness of the institutions and the ways of thinking that they create.
