%0 Journal Article
%T Little Wise Men : Three Friends and the Public Administration World They Made
%A Pierre-Yves Saunier
%J Transatlantica : Revue d'¨¦tudes Am¨¦ricaines
%D 2008
%I Association fran?aise d'¨¦tudes am¨¦ricaines
%X Cet article traite du travail transnational men¨¦ entre les ann¨¦es 1940 et les ann¨¦es 1960 par divers protagonistes de public administration ¨¦tats-unienne (entendue ici comme discipline, pratique, th¨¦orie et communaut¨¦ professionnelle). Ce travail se d¨¦veloppe entre organismes intergouvernementaux, associations internationales et soci¨¦t¨¦s professionnelles ¨¦tats-uniennes. On propose ici de contribuer ¨¤ l¡¯historicisation des ph¨¦nom¨¨nes et processus d¡¯internationalisation en passant par les pratiques qui les d¨¦finissent, les fondent et les supportent, ¨¤ travers l¡¯activit¨¦ de trois figures ¨¦tats-uniennes de la public administration, saisis dans leur activit¨¦ quotidienne de   traducteurs de l¡¯universel  , occup¨¦s ¨¤ d¨¦velopper un projet universaliste et universalisant, qui postule l¡¯existence de ph¨¦nom¨¨nes identifiables comme relevant de l¡¯activit¨¦ d¡¯administration et susceptibles d¡¯¨ºtre appr¨¦hend¨¦s d¡¯une semblable mani¨¨re scientifique quel que soit leur contexte. This article examines the transnational endeavors that presided over the establishment and maintenance of a structured regime of circulation in public administration considered as a profession, a theory, a discipline and a governmental practice. The three individuals who are at the core of the article were vital in organizing this regime, and their contribution to integrate the contribution of inter-governmental organizations, non governmental organizations, professional US societies and US universities has left a deep imprint in the field. Assessing their contribution is the opportunity to develop some hunches and hypothesis on the existence of ¡°universalizing projects¡± that have shaped the interconnection and interdependency of our modern world.
%K transnational
%K public administration
%K philanthropic foundations
%K non governmental organisations
%K universal
%K administration
%K fondations philanthropiques
%K organisations non gouvernementales
%K universel
%U http://transatlantica.revues.org/1391