Local governance and social movements in Québec: The perverse effects of corporate culture

Denyse Côté (1) , Étienne Simard (2)

1 Département de travail social
2 UQO - Université du Québec en Outaouais

This chapter will shed light on the erosion of social responsibility within Québec community organization. It will analyse how several of the community organizations adopted a new form of management modelled on private corporation. It will also illustrate the problems this entails for the development of and ethic of social responsibility within the organization and within social movement in Québec.

Mots clés: social movement; local governance

Domaines: Sociologie; Gestion et management; Science politique

Denyse Côté, Étienne Simard. Local governance and social movements in Québec: The perverse effects of corporate culture . David Crowther, Ana-Maria Davila Gomez. Human dignity and managerial responsability. Diversity, Rights, and Sustainability, Routledge, pp.75-96, 2012, 9781409423119. ⟨hal-01542437⟩