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Does the French apparatus of transition to Circular Economy institutionalise a concept? A transversal discourse analysis
[Le dispositif français de transition vers l’économie circulaire institutionnalise-t-il un concept ? Une analyse transversale de discours]

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  • Anne-Claire Savy

    (MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier, ADEME - Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Énergie, CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes)

  • Malick N’diaye

    (CNAM Paris - Centre d'enseignement Cnam Paris - CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM])

  • M.-E. Kessari

    (CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes, UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier)

Abstract

This article, based on the theory of the social construction of reality, aims to understand if the construction of the plan of transition towards the circular economy (dispositif de transition vers l'économie circulaire – DTEC) induces, in France, the institutionalization of a concept. The emerging concept of the circular economy (économie circulaire – EC) is situated in the context of debates on taking into account the impact of economic activity on nature (l'impact de l'activité économique sur la nature – IAEN). A corpus of French texts, participating in the DTEC since 2008, is the subject of a transversal contextualized analysis of discourse. The results show a diversified institutional job, in the theorization phase, without a common conceptualization of EC but converging on the need for a regulated territorial waste management policy. The institutionalization process is then discussed with the institutional change model. The interactions between institutional pressures to take the IAEN into account introduce the prospect of societal institutional change.

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  • Anne-Claire Savy & Malick N’diaye & M.-E. Kessari, 2019. "Does the French apparatus of transition to Circular Economy institutionalise a concept? A transversal discourse analysis [Le dispositif français de transition vers l’économie circulaire institution," Post-Print hal-02070650, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02070650
    DOI: 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2019.0341
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