| Titre | La loi et le changement social : un diagnostic. La loi du 16 juillet 1971 sur les fusions et regroupements de communes | |
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| Auteur | Jean de Kervasdoué, Laurent Fabius, Myriem Mazodier, Francis Doublet | |
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Revue | Revue Française de Sociologie |
| Numéro | 1976, 17-3 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Articles |
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| Page | 423-450 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Jean De Kervasdoué, Laurent Fabius, Myriem Mazodier, Francis Doublet : Law and Social Change, a Diagnosis : The July 16, 1971 Law about the Merger and Consolidation of Communes.
This study analyzes the origin, content and effect of the July 16, 1971 law about the merger and consolidation of communes. Whereas the announced objective was to restructure the French territory by making important reductions in the number of communes, the law's quantitative and qualitative effects have been negligible. Proposed by the government for reasons having to do with the constraints of the political agenda at that time, the law has no defined criteria. Its terms give power to prefects and locally elected officials who are not going to put in question one of the essential bases of their power ? small communes. So there is, in fact, a contradiction between the objective and the means for achieving it. The latter have had the determining effect, thus explaining the failure which this study describes. In effect, power is given to some groups who have no interest in seeing change take place. We thus indirectly touch upon the problem of decentralization and of utilization of laws as a tool for social change. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rfsoc_0035-2969_1976_num_17_3_4874 |
