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Un nombre d'etudes ont essaye d'expliquer la recente emergence de 1'Eglise Catholique Romaine comme agent de changement social dans plusieurs parties du monde. La plupart d'entre elles se sont plus particulierement interessees au developpement d'un nouvel engagement organisationnel pour la justice sociale dans des Eglises specifiques nationales ou regionales. Relativement peu d'entre elles en revanche se sont interessees aux subtilites du changement organisationnel a un niveau sub-national ou diocesal. Utilisant des donnees de recherche assemblees dans les dioceses de Victoria et de Toronto, cette etude aide a aborder cette deficience grace a un examen des facteurs-clefs qui contribuent a une transformation organisationnelle au niveau de 1'Eglise locale au Canada. Les resultats de l'etude appuient le developpement d'un modele nouveau quant a la comprehension des variations non-nationales dans l'engagement organisationnel pour le changement, modele qui prend en compte non seulement l'orientation ideologique de l'eveque local mais aussi sa volonte et sa capacite a mobiliser des ressources specifiques pledant la cause de la justice sociale. A number of studies have attempted to explain the recent emergence of the Roman Catholic Church as a n agent of social change in many parts of the world. Most of these have focussed upon the development of a new organizational commitment to social justice in specific national or regional Churches. Relatively few, however, have concerned themselves with the subtleties of organizational change at the sub-national or diocesan level. Using field research data collected in the dioceses of Victoria and Toronto, this study helps to address this deficiency through an examination of key factors conducive to organizational transformation at the level of the local Church in Canada. The study's findings support the development of a new model for mapping and understanding sub-national variations in the organizational commitment to change which takes into account not only the local bishop's ideological orientation, but also his willingness and ability to mobilize specific resources in support of the social, INTRODUCTION In recent years, the Roman Catholic Church - in a number of both developing and industrialized countries, including Canada - has become increasingly involved with the cause of social [...]