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[fre] Signification et perspectives de l'economie sociale. . Ce que l'on désigne aujourd'hui par les termes d'économie sociale permet-il de définir le champ d'investigation et les méthodes d'analyse spécifiques d'une nouvelle discipline ?. Après avoir passé en revue les différents critères qui peuvent fonder la distinction entre l'économique et le social, on constate qu'aucun d'eux ne fournit le principe d'une opposition claire, mais que tous contribuent à en souligner un aspect. En fait il y a une très grande imbrication entre ces deux formes de la vie collective, leur distinction n'ayant qu'une signification relative et historique ; et l'économie sociale entend précisément traduire cette imbrication. Elle peut être définie tant par son domaine d'analyse (agents concernés, finalités de l'action collective visées, processus d'ajustement des moyens aux fins) que par ses méthodes et son caractère multidisciplinaire. Quant à ses orientations actuelles, les principales se situent sur le plan de l'analyse et des mesures du bien-être (indicateurs sociaux, comptes sociaux), celui des études décisionnelles et des analyses de système à but cognitif, celui de la prospective et de la planification sociales. Ce qui permet de définir l'économie sociale par son caractère de plus en plus analytique (au sens élargi) et tout à la fois par son orientation profondément politique. [eng] Social economics: meaning and prospects . . Is Social Economics a new scientific branch, with a specifie object and specific methods ?. Different criteria can be advanced in order to precise the border line between the economic and the social aspect. But none of them can be sufficient, even if all contribute to enlight this distinction. Because there is a very strong imbrication between these two aspects of collective life, and because this opposition has only an historical sense, social economics have to express this overlapping. . Social economics can be defined by their analytical object (the group concerned, the objectives pursued through social welfare services the adjustment processes from means to objectives) and also by their methods and their multidisciplinary aspect.. Their present orientations are : welfare concepts and measurements (social indicators, social accounting), decision~waking studies and system analysis on social problems, social long-range planning. And all that shows the increasing analytical aspect of social economics and, at the same fime, their deeply political character.
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Emile Lévy, 1974.
"Signification et perspectives de 'l'Economie sociale,"
Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 25(4), pages 547-577.
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RePEc:prs:reveco:reco_0035-2764_1974_num_25_4_408163
DOI: 10.3406/reco.1974.408163
Note: DOI:10.3406/reco.1974.408163
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