Pôle Sud - Année 2000 - Volume 12 - Numéro 1 - Pages 3-12Partnership has emerged as one of the alternative ways to traditional — mainly sectoral — public policies. The struggle against exclusion is today afield in which the notion looks far coherence and legitimacy, particularity at the european level. This paper synthétises a comparative research and tries to identify the specific features of partnership in South Surope, topic of this special issue of Pôle Sud. 10 pages Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.