The omnipresence of professional experts in the debates and marketing strategies about movies raises the question of the proximity of their judgments with those of the ordinary consumers. Two theoretical perspectives compete on this matter: that of the divergence or convergence of tastes. Based...

The omnipresence of professional experts in the debates and marketing strategies around movies raises the question of the proximity of their judgments with those of the "ordinary consumer". Two theoretical perspectives compete on this matter: divergence or convergence of tastes. Based on a...

The lack of success of past strategies in reducing poverty has raised doubts as to whether these strategies were really an appropriate response to the needs of impoverished populations. Bearing in mind the aims of the new generation of development programmes to "empower" the poor, representative...

Postmodernism has received much more attention in anglo-saxon litterature on organizations than in french-speaking research. Referring here to Postmodernism as a style of thinking, we discuss about the nature of the postmodern proposition in organization studies. Postmodern research proposes new...

L'auteur présente les idées forces de la pensée libérale sur la vie économique contemporaine ainsi que sur les grandes questions sociales. Il s'efforce de réévaluer des principes et une philosophie qui sont le plus souvent aujourd'hui diabolisés.

Les transformations des relations économiques survenues à partir des années 1970 sont généralement analysées par les économistes critiques sous l’angle d’une redistribution des richesses et du pouvoir au détriment des salariés. Austérité salariale, licenciements, réduction de la...