CEPEL

Bertrand ROZAN

bertrand.rozan@umontpellier.fr

Thesis project

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

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

Abstract: Since the 1980s and 1990s, France and Great Britain have seen neoliberal logic take hold in the field of security. Faced with budgetary constraints in this sovereign domain, both countries are experiencing a rise in the power of private security actors and, consequently, a redefinition of the state's sphere of action. Nevertheless, these two countries, which are therefore confronted with the same logic of diversification of security service providers, both have very different state traditions, with France on the one hand, known as a "strong" country, and Great Britain on the other, known as a "weak" state. Furthermore, these two countries have different police systems. The aim of this thesis is therefore 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 both be confronted with the same logic of outsourcing security.

Keywords: private security – comparative politics – public policy – France – Great Britain

Publications

  • Rozan Bertrand, "Governance shifts: regulating private security for the Paris 2024 Olympics," French Politics, 2025, vol. 23,no.3, pp. 364–383.
  • Rozan Bertrand, "Public Policy and Private Security: Analysis of the Impact of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris," Revue française d'administration publique, 2024,no.185, pp. 175-194.
  • 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, 2023, vol. 12,no.3, pp. 229–232.

Lessons

Lectures:

  • Introduction to Political Science, Bachelor's Degree in Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science of Montpellier, 2025.
  • General Culture 3, Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science of Montpellier, 2026.

Tutorials:

  • Public Action and Governance, Master's Degree in Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science of Montpellier, 2023.
  • Dictatorial Regimes, Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science of Montpellier, 2022.
  • Qualitative Methods, Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science of Montpellier, 2025.
  • Quantitative Methods, Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science of Montpellier, 2026.
  • French Political Life (1789-1958), Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science of Montpellier, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025.

Degrees

  • 2021: Master's degree in bilingual research, "Comparative Public Action and Policy," University of Montpellier, with honors.
  • 2020: Master's degree in Political Science, University of Montpellier, with honors.
  • 2019: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University of Ottawa, with honors.