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Although central to many debates in neo-institutional theories, the concept of agency still remains fairly ambiguous and sometimes elusive. In particular, the agency concept tends to conflate two different phenomena, the power of agency (the capacity to act in a given social context) and agentic...
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This study explores the deinstitutionalisation of asbestos in France from 1970 to 1997. While many institutional studies emphasize the role of external jolts or crisis to explain change and disruption, we focus the analysis on the succession of actions achieved by different individuals and...
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Relying on the case of asbestos in France, we study a deinstitutionalization process as a result of successive and cumulative struggles. There are competing interests in specific institutional arrangements. Actors who want to disrupt institutions have to face with other actors who benefit from...
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L'amiante est aujourd'hui considéré comme l'ennemi public numéro 1. Ce scandale de santé publique a eu de nombreuses répercussions et implications. Pourtant, même si aujourd'hui on peut noter un réel consensus sur la pratique de l'amiante et ses dangers, son interdiction est la...
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La santé au travail est actuellement au cœur de l'actualité : risques psychosociaux, Troubles Musculo-Squelettiques... Au cœur de ces questions, les victimes d'accidents du travail ou de maladies professionnelles se retournent contre leur employeur pour obtenir une indemnisation. En 2002,...
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In this paper, we examine the issue of how certain actors tend to maintain institutionalized elements, in spite of significant technological and social change. In particular, we focus on the notion of artifacts, which represent one type of institutional carriers, but mostly overlooked in the...
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Comment certains systèmes se maintiennent-ils malgré un environnement incertain et changeant ? Cette question reste peu explorée dans la littérature, en particulier en ce qui concerne la compréhension des efforts des acteurs pour reproduire des croyances et des schémas de pensée. Dans...
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