This paper questions the real ability of the associative-based sector to ensure the main role that was assigned to it in literacy policy. Based on national data and qualitative investigations, we will attempt to point out the main constraints that overload the sector. The hopes raised by the...

Civil society in its recent developments is a heterogeneous set of organizations, with an ill-defined political status. Whether one approaches the issue from the standpoint of political philosophy, or from the contingencies of international co-operation, no clear-cut answer can be given to the...