Theme 4: "Socio-spatial dynamics and political mobilisation".
Hosted by Jean Lagane
This area is at the crossroads of several fields of study that are usually compartmentalised. On the one hand, there is the analysis of the various types of relationship between social groups in the same area, which are characterised by distinct socio-economic, professional and residential properties, and whose coexistence produces additional specifications for the area and rearrangements of the differences between these spatially situated social groups. Secondly, the study of transactions between the specialised field of politics and the many actors in 'civil society' who claim a position as interlocutors, intermediaries or spokespersons for collective concerns.
By bringing these two fields of study together, the aim is to examine how composite groups of players, both public and private, interact to discuss, challenge or (re)negotiate interventions or proposed interventions by the public authorities in the area.
Axis members
From a methodological point of view, this theme takes a constructivist approach.
Refusing to adopt a naturalistic approach, the members of the team endeavour to reconstruct the processes through which the actors studied endeavour to convince their contemporaries of the importance of certain 'issues', 'public problems', 'disturbances', 'risks' or 'threats'. In these localised analyses of social phenomena, the question of scales (spatial and temporal) is also of great importance, both in terms of observation by the researchers and the actors who use them to situate themselves in relation to each other. The research focuses on two main themes:
Keywords: Mobilisation, controversy, territories, environment, ecological transition, living environment, expertise, professionalisation, social groups
