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‘RE-OPENING THE BLACK BOX’: THE STORY OF IMPLEMENTING A RISK ANALYSIS METHOD IN A FRENCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT

2011; Wiley; Volume: 27; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1468-0408.2010.00516.x

1468-0408

Sébastien Rocher,

Social Sciences and Governance

Financial Accountability & ManagementVolume 27, Issue 1 p. 63-82 'RE-OPENING THE BLACK BOX': THE STORY OF IMPLEMENTING A RISK ANALYSIS METHOD IN A FRENCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT Sébastien Rocher, Sébastien Rocher IAE de Poitiers, France The author is from IAE de Poitiers, France. He would like to acknowledge, with thanks, the help of Audrey Milton, Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Law, Business and the Creative Arts, James Cook University, Australia, for the numerous helpful comments she made on this paper. The author also gratefully thanks the two anonymous referees for their comments, critics and for the interest they showed to this study.Search for more papers by this author Sébastien Rocher, Sébastien Rocher IAE de Poitiers, France The author is from IAE de Poitiers, France. He would like to acknowledge, with thanks, the help of Audrey Milton, Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Law, Business and the Creative Arts, James Cook University, Australia, for the numerous helpful comments she made on this paper. The author also gratefully thanks the two anonymous referees for their comments, critics and for the interest they showed to this study.Search for more papers by this author First published: 19 January 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0408.2010.00516.xCitations: 4 Address for correspondence: Sébastien Rocher, IAE de Poitiers, 20 rue Guillaume VII le troubadour, BP 639, 86020 Poitiers Cedex, France.e-mail: [email protected] Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract This research is a study of the implementation of a risk analysis method (RAM) in a French local government. Based on the sociology of translation framework, this study shows that the success of the implementation of this management device is due to the transformation of its initial characteristics. Indeed, the RAM was initially designed to analyze the risks of outsourcing public services and thereby to aid elected officials with decision making. But in the hands of the actors in charge of its implementation, it progressively became a means for the members of the administrative services to inform elected officials about the consequences of their choices. This paper thus describes the 'trajectory' of this management device in a local government and, in doing so, emphasizes how it progressively became what it is (and what it is not) at present in this local government. REFERENCES Akrich, M. 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