L’éthique catholique et l’esprit du coopératisme : la Caisse d’économie des pompiers de Montréal comme observatoire sociologique (1945-1980) The catholic ethic and the spirit of cooperatism : The Montreal Firemen’s credit union as a sociological observatory (1945-1980)
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Paul BrochuKeywords
economic sociologycooperatives
religious ethic
Montreal Firemen Credit Union
1945-1980
sociologie économique
coopératives
éthique religieuse
Caisse d’économie des pompiers de Montréal
1945-1980
Economic history and conditions
HC10-1085
Social Sciences
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DOAJ:Economics
DOAJ:Business and Economics
Sociology (General)
HM401-1281
DOAJ:Sociology
DOAJ:Social Sciences
Economics as a science
HB71-74
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Le cas de la caisse d’économie des pompiers de Montréal (première caisse francophone au Québec en 1945) nous permet de mettre en évidence une transition et une transformation importantes dans le déplacement des forces de solidarité au Québec : le passage de la paroisse au milieu de travail (métier/profession) comme formes sociales d’intégration économique. Dans ce cas d’analyse, le sens d’origine religieuse de l’activité coopérative se voit transposé de la paroisse au milieu de travail. Cette étude de cas proposera l’analyse d’un discours écrit : les procès-verbaux des assemblées des membres de cette caisse d’économie, de 1945 à 1980. Un tel matériau nous permettra de prendre la mesure de cette organisation coopérative, c’est-à-dire les représentations et formes de connaissance relatives aux rapports sociaux construisant l’activité économique. L’analyse des procès-verbaux de cette caisse d’économie est aussi expressive de l’état général des rapports sociaux de la société québécoise. De 1945 à 1980, nous voyons se transformer à la fois le discours et la forme sociale de légitimité qui l’enracine. L’analyse se donnera ainsi un objet privilégié : les formes sociales de connaissance qui enracinent l’activité économique.<br>A careful observation of Montreal’s Firemen credit union (the first francophone credit union established in the province of Quebec, in 1945) enables us to show that an important transition and transformation took place when the social solidarity moved from the parish to the workplace (work, profession), both being social forms of economic integration. In this case study, the initially religious meaning of the French cooperative financial institutions is shifting from the parish to the workplace.In this paper, we will analyze a written discourse, namely the minutes of the members’ meetings from 1945 to 1980. This material will enable us to assess this cooperative organisation, and more precisely the representations and forms of knowledge it entails about the social relations that construct economic activity. Furthermore, analyzing the meetings’ minutes is also instructive on social relations in general in Quebec society. From 1945 to 1980, both the discourse and the social legitimacy in which it is rooted are evolving steadily. Therefore the analysis will focus on a particular object : the social forms of knowledge in which economic activity is embedded.Date
2012-05-01Type
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