Théorie de la régulation, l'état des savoirs

Boyer, Robert; Saillard, Yves

doi:10.3917/dec.boyer.2002.01

Cited by 95 publications

(20 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…The term "institutional structure" should be understood in a broad sense, including not only regulation, norms, and standards but also the system of social relations, the national and international financial structure, and so forth. It corresponds to what the French school of régulation call a "régime de régulation" (Aglietta 1997; Boyer and Saillard 1995).…”

Section: Some Implications For Economic Policy: a European Viewmentioning

confidence: 86%

Marrying Economics with History

Reati¹

2004

Review of Radical Political Economics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

and trade of about 25 to 30 years are followed by periods of slow or stagnating growth of analogous duration. Similar movements also appear in prices and other monetary variables. The regularity of these ups and downs is accompanied by intense structural change. However, economists are deeply divided on the nature and interpretation of the phenomenon, and for many of them, this is a matter that has still not been settled. The classical roots of the long-wave theoryGrowth, and its uneven unfolding, was one of the main concerns of classical economists (Smith, Ricardo, Malthus, Marx), but the long-term oscillatory pattern of prices and output also attracted the attention of some of the founders of marginalism, such as W. S. Jevons (who in 1884 analyzed the long-term fluctuations in prices) and J. B. Clark. They were joined by other exponents of the marginalist school (particularly, in 1913, Pareto, Bresciani Turroni, Aftalion) so that, at the beginning of the twentieth century, there was a consensus among economists on the reality of what was later called the long wave.However, the gradual ascendancy of neoclassical theory, culminating with the model of general equilibrium, diverted attention from growth and its irregularities and, when the theory of growth returned to the forefront of interest in the 1950s, the focus was on conditions for regular growth (the "steady state"). The business cycle was not ignored, but it was treated within the conceptual framework of equilibrium, on the basis of the "rocking horse" metaphor. According to this metaphor, the economic system tends spontaneously to equilibrium. Cycles are exogenous perturbations produced by random shocks (impulse generation) that trigger an endogenous propagation mechanism with stabilizing properties. This provides the rationale for separating growth and fluctuations, that is, for decomposing the movement of an economic system into trend and cycle. Trend is conceived as the loci of equilibria, a moving center of gravitation, while cycle is restricted to the analysis of the stochastic error term of series and to the properties of the equilibration mechanism.The long-wave theory, also known as Kondratiev's long cycles, sprang from the classical approach, particularly from Marxian analysis that, with its focus on the general laws governing capitalism in the long run, provided a fertile ground for its appearance. Thus, it is not by chance that the pioneers (Parvus [1901(Parvus [ ] 1999van Gelderen 1913;de Wolff [1924de Wolff [ ] 1999 belonged to such a school. However, although the long-wave phenomenon was already acknowledged in the nineteenth century, Kondratiev amassed the first substantial empirical evidence in 1925. On the causes of the "long cycle," Kondratiev's contribution was rather weak; Schumpeter, in his Business Cycles, filled the gap in 1939. The systematic explanation he gave is based on technological revolutions and their diffusion. Radical process and product innovations, noted Schumpeter, do not appear at random, but they bring together a b...

show abstract

Section: Some Implications For Economic Policy: a European Viewmentioning

confidence: 86%

Marrying Economics with History

Reati¹

2004

Review of Radical Political Economics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…An important development was that in May 2009 Swedish authorities required the government‐sponsored AP pension funds to act on the issue of executive bonuses. Interestingly, this interaction, exemplifying Robert Boyer's theory of regulation, pits a center right government against the business establishment, and constitutes the first clear case of political‐regulatory direction for RI engagement activity (Boyer, 2002). This case does not seem to have received press coverage outside of Sweden.…”

Section: Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Robert Boyer offers a very interesting theoretical framework for understanding the interaction between motivations, modes of coordination, and distribution of power. We need to engineer and institutionalize a different balance of power in relations between the state, the public, and the market, in order to favor the public good (Boyer, 2002).…”

Section: What Needs To Be Regulated and How?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Why responsible investment falls short of its purpose and what to do about it

Joly

2010

Corporate Governance

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate failures of self‐regulation among RI actors following the current economic crisis. It also seeks to propose specific regulations for the investment business. The paper questions whether financial capitalism can support sustainability.Design/methodology/approachThe paper summarizes the crisis; defines what is at stake; critically reviews the various forms of responsible investment; describes conflicts of interest in CSR and RI; and suggests regulatory measures to correct systemic problems. It tests RI/SRI/ESG against the reality of portfolio construction, and identifies the implications of their shortcomings.FindingsThe paper finds that RI/SRI/ESG best in class portfolios are challenged for various reasons; engagement activities are challenged due to the structural inadequacies in the industry; SRI fund managers themselves do not use SR; CSR does not address strategic core business matters; conflicts of interest on the way plague the investment supply chain; and private equity may enable progress in RI.Research limitations/implicationsMore research is required on the theory of RI and current systemic constraints.Practical implicationsSpecific regulatory measures to counteract systemic failures are identified here.Originality/valueThe scope of the critique and findings is original. Value is the real experience of a working practitioner who is sympathetic to RI/SRI/ESG.

show abstract

“…Pour Alinsky, l'intérêt individuel et collectif est le principal vecteur de la mobilisation des communautés, qui doit servir de tremplin pour la mise en place de stratégies d'acqui si tion de pouvoir visant à modifier précisément les structures de pouvoir et à forcer la partie adverse à la négociation et au compromis. Sa conception du compromis n'est d'ailleurs pas sans rappeler celle que vont théoriser plus tard les tenants de l'approche de la régulation (Boyer et Saillard, 2002). Pour Alinsky, le compromis est une composante essentielle de l'évolution de la société puisqu'« une société libre et ouverte est fondée sur le conflit, périodiquement interrompu par des compromis.…”

Section: éVolution Et Figures Marquantes De La Pratique De L'organisation Communautaireunclassified

Action communautaire, militantisme et lutte pour la reconnaissance : une réalité historique, politique et sociologique

Jetté

2017

ref

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

L’action collective en travail social a toujours constitué un terreau fertile pour le militantisme. Avec ses principes de justice sociale, de solidarité, d’autonomie et de démocratie, l’intervention de type collective et/ou communautaire intègre des revendications à caractère social, économique, culturel et politique. Les intervenants, mais aussi des citoyens et des bénévoles, sont donc appelés, par leur travail et leurs activités, à prendre position, que ce soit de manière implicite ou explicite, et donc à militer sur plusieurs enjeux de nature politique. Ce militantisme participe à l’établissement d’une démocratie plurielle et aux luttes pour la reconnaissance menées par les communautés opprimées ou marginalisées. La « lutte pour la reconnaissance », telle que l’a définie Honneth (2008), permet ainsi de mieux comprendre le rôle des conflits dans les processus d’intégration sociale et la place du militantisme au sein d’une vision transformatrice de la société.Collective action in social work has always been a fertile ground for advocacy. With its principles of social justice, solidarity, autonomy and democracy, collective and/or community-based intervention involves social, economic, cultural and political claims. Through their work and activities, social workers, citizens and volunteers are called upon to take a position on several political issues, either implicitly or explicitly, and thus become advocates. This advocacy contributes to the establishment of a plural democracy and the struggle for recognition by oppressed or marginalized communities. This “struggle for recognition”, as defined by Honneth (2008), allows us to better understand the role of conflicts in the social integration processes, as well as the place of advocacy within a transformative vision of society

show abstract

Théorie de la régulation, l'état des savoirs

Cited by 95 publications

References 0 publications

Marrying Economics with History

Marrying Economics with History

Why responsible investment falls short of its purpose and what to do about it

Action communautaire, militantisme et lutte pour la reconnaissance : une réalité historique, politique et sociologique

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About