%0 Journal Article %T O princ¨ªpio da precau£¿£¿o como uma ferramenta estrat¨¦gica para redesenhar a (sub)pol¨ªtica: compreens£¿o e perspectivas da ci¨ºncia pol¨ªtica de l¨ªngua Francesa %A Brunet %A S¨¦bastien %A Delvenne %A Pierre %A Joris %A Geoffrey %J Sociologias %D 2011 %I Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul %R 10.1590/S1517-45222011000100008 %X the precautionary principle falls under a decisional context in evolution, marked by a multidimensional uncertainty as for environmental, economic, social, political or ethical consequences of the technological innovations. in french-speaking political science, it is understood as a strategic tool, a political response to the emergence of a new flow of societal uncertainty, mainly directed towards the hesitations of the scientific world. we argue that the precautionary principle redefines the way to manage scientific uncertainty in a society characterized by the blurring of the borders between political and subpolitical actors. around its application, a line of fracture is drawn, which reduces the decisional breathing space of certain subpolitical entities and/or encourages others to act more. %K precautionary principle %K uncertainty. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1517-45222011000100008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en