Gilles Paquet

This volume explores and contextualizes the contributions of Gilles Paquet as a social scientist. A quintessential public intellectual, Gilles Paquet's long and multifaceted career has shown him to be a thinker of significant power and creativity. This self-described homo hereticus--always critical and sometimes controversial--has influenced scholars and policy makers in Canada and around the globe. The contributors reveal how his assessments of economics, politics, public...
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This volume explores and contextualizes the contributions of Gilles Paquet as a social scientist. A quintessential public intellectual, Gilles Paquet's long and multifaceted career has shown him to be a thinker of significant power and creativity. This self-described homo hereticus--always critical and sometimes controversial--has influenced scholars and policy makers in Canada and around the globe. The contributors reveal how his assessments of economics, politics, public administration, and education have stirred their minds and helped them make sense of the world around them. The volume also provides comments on Paquet's vision of governance, touching on concepts of which he has made extensive use: meso-analysis, social learning, and moral contracts.
Cet ouvrage examine et remet en contexte les travaux de Gilles Paquet, economiste et historien qui tout au long de sa carriere a ete un intellectuel public et un penseur d'une remarquable creativite. Celui qui se decrit lui-meme comme un - homo hereticus - -- esprit critique ne craignant pas la controverse -- a exerce une grande influence dans les milieux universitaires et dans le monde des decideurs au Canada et ailleurs. Les auteurs montrent comment ses ecrits et ses commentaires sur l'economie, la politique, l'administration publique et l'education les ont aides a mieux comprendre le monde qui les entoure. Cet ouvrage presente notamment certaines des reactions par rapport a sa conception de la gouvernance et a son usage de concepts tels la meso-analyse, l'apprentissage social et le contrat moral. "