MONTRICHER, Nicole de

La modernisation en transition - le cas aéroports de Paris entre 1979 et 1991 - Paris : ENA, 2004

The author gives a sociological analysis of the power relationships behind the evolution andstructuraltransformationofthe AéroportsdeParis (ADP).Createdin 1945 in the context of post-war reconstruction, the company was first dominated by technical imperatives linked to construction. It gradually integrated a management point of view more concerned with commercial development and client service, transporters and passengers alike. In that sense, ADP is a clear example of the slow mutation of a state enterprise obliged to adapt its vocation as a public service to the necessities of regulated liberalism