Allain, Sophie <br/><br/>
Negotiation as an Analytical Concept Key to a Theory of Social Regulation 

 -  2004.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> The concept of negotiation affords the opportunity of simultaneously grasping two social tensions, the one inherent to the handling of tense situations and the other to the organization of social relations. This is why we propose that it be adopted it as a central category in a theory of social regulation. To this end, a theoretical framework is presented that aims to better express the potential of this idea.