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 may be faced with the same logic of outsourcing security.

Keywords: private security - comparative policy - 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, "Politiques publiques et sécurité privée : Analyse de l'incidence des jeux olympiques et paralympiques de Paris 2024", Revue française d'administration publique, 2024,no 185, p. 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", Gouvernement et action publique, 2023, vol. 12,no. 3, pp. 229-232.

Teaching

Lectures :

  • Introduction à la science politique, Licence 1 Droit, Faculté de Droit et de Science politique de Montpellier, 2025.
  • Culture générale 3, Licence 3 Science politique, Faculté de Droit et de Science politique de Montpellier, 2026.

Tutorial :

  • Action publique et gouvernance, Master 1 Science politique, Montpellier Faculty of Law and Political Science, 2023.
  • Régimes dictatoriaux, Licence 3 Science politique, Faculté de Droit et de Science politique de Montpellier, 2022.
  • Méthodes qualitatives, Licence 3 Science politique, Faculté de Droit et de Science politique de Montpellier, 2025.
  • Méthodes quantitatives, Licence 3 Science politique, Faculté de Droit et de Science politique de Montpellier, 2026.
  • Vie politique française (1789-1958), Licence 1 Science politique, Faculté de Droit et de Science politique de Montpellier, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025.

Diplomas

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