Orienting a Controversy through Technical Expertise: The Struggle over Shale Gas in France and in Quebec
Language
en
Communication dans un congrès
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8th ECPR General Conference, Panel "Governing Knowledge: Policy and the Politics of Knowledge Production and Use", 2014-09-03, Glasgow.
English Abstract
Shale gas industry can be considered as a sociotechnical controversy in France and Quebec because it shows a struggle between multiple stakeholders defending diverse expertise (Collins and Evans, 2007; Wynne, 1989) and ...Read more >
Shale gas industry can be considered as a sociotechnical controversy in France and Quebec because it shows a struggle between multiple stakeholders defending diverse expertise (Collins and Evans, 2007; Wynne, 1989) and opinions, each of them trying to translate (Akrich et al., 2006, Callon, 1986) the innovative industry in their own terms. The technical definition of the industry is rejected by a social mobilization aiming at a more global understanding of the opportunity of such activity. The political instruments (Lascoumes and Le Galès, 2004) selected to manage the controversy (committees, reports, laws) bear specific power relationships and impose a particular understanding of the controversy. They legitimize some expertise over others (e.g.: geology) and even when these instruments seemed participative, they aimed to protect the special interests from the administration. We show this struggle by analyzing the institutional instruments and the expertise they bear with the expertise mobilized by the stakeholders.Read less <
Keywords
Québec
France
Gaz de schiste
industrie
mobilisation sociale
expertise
English Keywords
France
Shale Gas
Quebec
industry
social mobilization
expertise
Origin
Hal imported