CEPEL

Bertrand ROZAN

bertrand.rozan@umontpellier.fr

Thesis project

Public versus private security. A comparative analysis of French and British public policy.

Under the direction of Professors Jean JOANA (CEPEL) and Jacques de Maillard (CESDIP)

Abstract: Since the 1980s-1990s, France and Great Britain have seen neoliberal logics impose themselves on the field of security. Faced with the budgetary constraints applied to this regalian field, these two countries are faced with an increase in the power of private security players, and thus with a redefinition of the State's field of action. Nevertheless, these two countries, which are faced with the same logic of diversification of security service providers, both have very different state traditions, with France on the one hand, the "strong" state, and Great Britain on the other, the "weak" state. These two countries also have different police systems. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the public policies governing the relationship between public and private security in France and Great Britain, and to understand how these two countries can be confronted with the same logic of security outsourcing.

Keywords: private security - comparative policy - public policy - France - Great Britain

Publication

  • Rozan, Bertrand. "Nathalie Hirschmann, Tobias John, Frauke Reichl, Jacqueline Abigail Garand (eds) (2022). Plural Policing in the Global North: Insights into Concepts, Aspects and Practices", Government and Public Action, vol. 12, no. 3, 2023, pp. 229-232.

Teaching

  • Action publique et gouvernance, Master 1, Montpellier Faculty of Law and Political Science, 2023.
  • Régimes dictatoriaux, Licence 3, Montpellier Faculty of Law and Political Science, 2022.
  • Vie politique en France 1789-1958, Licence 1, Montpellier Faculty of Law and Political Science, 2021, 2022, 2023.

Diplomas

  • 2021: Master 2 bilingual research degree in "Comparative public action and policy", University of Montpellier, summa cum laude.
  • 2020: Master 1 in Political Science, University of Montpellier, with honors.
  • 2019 : Bachelor's degree in Political Science, University of Ottawa, summa cum laude.