TY - BOOK AU - Laville,Bettina TI - From Ministry of Impossible Affairs to Ministry of State PY - 2010///. N1 - 89 N2 - The article gives a historical overview of the creation, in the form of a ministry, of a department for environmental and then sustainable development affairs in France, from 1971 onwards. It particularly seeks to show how the administrative set-up has reflected the major public policy shift in the field in question : from environmental protection limited to the creation of sanctuaries in certain areas and efforts to tackle major pollution, to a sustainable development policy that seeks to integrate environmental concerns into organisation of industrial and even general economic activities UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-francaise-d-administration-publique-2010-2-page-277?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -