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 d but e en 2008 est-elle termin e ? Gouvernements et analystes l'ont annonc maintes reprises. Pourtant, ce diagnostic reste aujourd'hui encore tr s pr matur . Le taux de ch mage demeure lev dans de nombreux pays. Car, si les aides massives apport es par les tats l' conomie ont permis d' viter l'effondrement du syst me conomique, elles ont paradoxalement expos les tats leur propre faillite. Plusieurs pays d'Europe sont dans des situations pr caires. Bien au-del de l'Europe, le r le jou par l' tat est en question. Quelles mesures doivent tre prises par les autorit s publiques pour rem dier la crise conomique ? Assiste-t-on l' mergence d'un nouveau mode de r gulation ? Comment est d sormais port et d fendu l'int r t g n ral ? Comment les rapports entre l' tat et les citoyens sont-ils transform s ? Quelles sont les variations nationales ou continentales sur ces th mes ? C'est ces questions communes que diff rents sp cialistes d'Europe, d'Afrique et des Am riques li s au CIRIEC international r pondent dans cet ouvrage dans une perspective compar e.