Le rôle des maires dans l’acceptabilité sociale des projets d’infrastructure : tension entre arbitrage et promotion1

Yates, Stéphanie; Arbour, Myriam

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“…First, it is relevant to determine who participated in the debates, and how these actors mobilized Twitter in so doing. Second, given that social acceptability can be seen as a social construct (Yates and Arbour 2016) developed through exchanges in the public space by a variety of actors who do not have the same credibility or media capital (Marland and Lalancette 2014), it is worth exploring the type of rhetoric used online (Boltansky and Thévenot 1991; McComas 2010; Wüstenhagan, Wolsink, and Bürer 2007) and how these various actors asserted their legitimacy to voice their opinions or concerns (Bitektine 2011; Skitka, Bauman, and Lytle 2009).…”

Section: Internet Social Media and The Transformation Of Political‐mentioning

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#Participating #Contesting: Studying Counterpublics’ Discourses on Twitter About the Social Acceptability of Medical Assistance in Dying Legislation in Canada

Lalancette

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Rouillard

2020

Canadian Review of Sociology

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This article explores debates on medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Canada as they unfolded on Twitter before its adoption in June 2016. The opposition, which came from diverse groups-religious, experts, politicians-led to polarizing debates about the social acceptability of this measure. Our finding shows that the so-called lay citizens refused to leave the discussion to experts and politicians and got involved in the debates around the issue. Our results also show that Twitter was mainly used to share information, hence complementing the role of traditional media. Overall, the platform gave rise to an "ambient political participation," allowing minority or marginalized groups as well as lay citizens to share their knowledge and opinion about MAID. This may have favored a certain form of empowerment. The authors would like to thank Carol-Ann Rouillard and Sofia Tourigny-Koné for assisting on this project as well as Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Groupe de recherche en communication politique (GRCP) for providing financial support for this project.

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Section: Internet Social Media and The Transformation Of Political‐mentioning

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#Participating #Contesting: Studying Counterpublics’ Discourses on Twitter About the Social Acceptability of Medical Assistance in Dying Legislation in Canada

Lalancette

Yates

Rouillard

2020

Canadian Review of Sociology

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Socially Not Acceptable: Lessons from a Wind Farm Project in St-Valentin, Quebec

Simard

2018

Case Studies in the Environment

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Social acceptability appears as a new public norm that major projects must meet in order to be authorized and realized. This article proposes to analyze the case of a wind farm project in the municipality of St-Valentin, Quebec, Canada near the border with Vermont, which was cancelled by the government due to lack of social acceptance, in order to illustrate the importance of this norm today. The project involved the construction of 25 turbines to generate 52 MW of power. Launched in 2006, the project was already significantly under way by 2008; however, in 2011, the government permanently shelved it. Through a combination of document analysis and 11 interviews, we identified the main reasons for the lack of social acceptability: lack of upstream consultation from the developer and wrong scale planned for the consultation process, controversies surrounding the public decision-making process, profound contradictions between the community’s values and interests and the nature of the project, and perceptions of the impacts on the landscape and conflicting uses. For better project social acceptability, lessons learned from this case suggest from a procedural perspective opting for broad, open, and early consultation, prioritizing a regional scale for the approach and acting with transparency, clear rules and a concern for building an ongoing relationship with stakeholders. From a more substantive perspective, our analysis points to the importance of factoring in the level of compatibility between the nature of the project and the values and interests shared by stakeholders in the community, and planning potential modifications to adapt the project to the context in light of their demands.

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L'acceptation sociale

Hamelin

2023

l'Acceptation Sociale

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Le rôle des maires dans l’acceptabilité sociale des projets d’infrastructure : tension entre arbitrage et promotion1

Cited by 12 publications

References 24 publications

#Participating #Contesting: Studying Counterpublics’ Discourses on Twitter About the Social Acceptability of Medical Assistance in Dying Legislation in Canada

#Participating #Contesting: Studying Counterpublics’ Discourses on Twitter About the Social Acceptability of Medical Assistance in Dying Legislation in Canada

Socially Not Acceptable: Lessons from a Wind Farm Project in St-Valentin, Quebec

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