Contemporary Crisis and Renewal of Public Action / Crise contemporaine et renouveau de l'action publique

Is the major crisis that began in 2008 nearing the end? Governments and analysts have time and again announced that. Yet this diagnosis remains very premature even now. The level of unemployment is still high in many countries. While the massive aids provided by the States to the economy have allowed them to avoid the collapse of the economic system, they have paradoxically exposed the States to their own failure. Many countries in Europe are in precarious situations. Far beyond Europe the role played by the State is in question. Which measures must be taken by the public authorities in order to remedy the economic crisis? Are we witnessing the emergence of a new form of regulation? How will the general interest be carried and defended in future? How have the relations between the State and citizens changed? What are the national or continental variations on these themes? Through international comparisons, specialists from Europe, Africa and the Americas linked to CIRIEC International bring new answers to these important questions.

La crise majeure debutee en 2008 est-elle terminee ? Gouvernements et analystes l'ont annonce a maintes reprises. Pourtant, ce diagnostic reste aujourd'hui encore tres premature. Le taux de chomage demeure eleve dans de nombreux pays. Car, si les aides massives apportees par les Etats a l'economie ont permis d'eviter l'effondrement du systeme economique, elles ont paradoxalement expose les Etats a leur propre faillite. Plusieurs pays d'Europe sont dans des situations precaires. Bien au-dela de l'Europe, le role joue par l'Etat est en question. Quelles mesures doivent etre prises par les autorites publiques pour remedier a la crise economique ? Assiste-t-on a l'emergence d'un nouveau mode de regulation ? Comment est desormais porte et defendu l'interet general ? Comment les rapports entre l'Etat et les citoyens sont-ils transformes ? Quelles sont les variations nationales ou continentales sur ces themes ? C'est a ces questions communes que differents specialistes d'Europe, d'Afrique et des Ameriques lies au CIRIEC international repondent dans cet ouvrage dans une perspective comparee.