Une concertation restreinte pour définir l’intérêt général des espaces forestiers. Regard sur un paradoxe

Participation is frequently implemented to define localized common goods. The aim is to obtain a larger and more coherent legitimacy of the decisions compared to the traditional public action which supposes a preliminary conception of the general interest. In order to avoid the privatization of comm...

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Main Authors: Jacqueline Candau, Philippe Deuffic
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Language:fra
Published: Éditions en environnement VertigO 2009-11-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/8906
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description Participation is frequently implemented to define localized common goods. The aim is to obtain a larger and more coherent legitimacy of the decisions compared to the traditional public action which supposes a preliminary conception of the general interest. In order to avoid the privatization of common goods by private interests, public policies tools recommend to associate a great diversity of actors with the deliberative process. Drawing on experience from a research program on multifonctionality of the forest in the south of France, we will wonder whether the implementation of these principles guarantees a more democratic definition of the public interest. It was observed that the discussions in connection with forest multifunctionality were mainly managed by forest actors. For as much, the problems resulting from the deliberative process do not confine the forest in a role of production. It assigns a fragile function of protection and especially a social function to it (recreational activities). We attend a publicisation of the forest whereas the frame of the participation forums cannot be described as democratic. This paradox questions us on the link commonly established between the stakeholders’ diversity and the protection of their private interests. We propose assumptions to explain this result which can appear paradoxical.
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Une concertation restreinte pour définir l’intérêt général des espaces forestiers. Regard sur un paradoxe
VertigO
France
public participation
deliberative process
general interest democratization
forest multifunctionality
title Une concertation restreinte pour définir l’intérêt général des espaces forestiers. Regard sur un paradoxe
title_full Une concertation restreinte pour définir l’intérêt général des espaces forestiers. Regard sur un paradoxe
title_fullStr Une concertation restreinte pour définir l’intérêt général des espaces forestiers. Regard sur un paradoxe
title_full_unstemmed Une concertation restreinte pour définir l’intérêt général des espaces forestiers. Regard sur un paradoxe
title_short Une concertation restreinte pour définir l’intérêt général des espaces forestiers. Regard sur un paradoxe
title_sort une concertation restreinte pour definir l interet general des espaces forestiers regard sur un paradoxe
topic France
public participation
deliberative process
general interest democratization
forest multifunctionality
url https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/8906
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