La Région : une notion ambigüe saisie à travers le cas normand
Focusing on Normandy, this paper intends to show that French “regions” are ambiguous realities, despite the efforts of institutionnalisation made since fifty years. The notion of “region” is actually associated to heterogeneous meanings that reduces its ability to be grasped by various stakeholders...
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Université de Reims Champagne-Ardennes
2014-07-01
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| description | Focusing on Normandy, this paper intends to show that French “regions” are ambiguous realities, despite the efforts of institutionnalisation made since fifty years. The notion of “region” is actually associated to heterogeneous meanings that reduces its ability to be grasped by various stakeholders involved in their politicisation (political elites, journalists, citizens). A survey conducted in Normandy about the way elected officials perceive their region reveals that the various significations of the French “region” refer to disconnected spatial frameworks, generating deep and lasting confusions and geopolitical contradictions. Recurrent debates about a possible fusion of the “regions” Basse-Normandie et Haute-Normandie provides a significative example of existing ambiguities and deadlocks. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-94ccdc08cdd946fdae122e7ad38ce59f2025-08-20T01:52:31ZengUniversité de Reims Champagne-ArdennesL'Espace Politique1958-55002014-07-012310.4000/espacepolitique.3150La Région : une notion ambigüe saisie à travers le cas normandArnaud BrennetotSophie DE RUFFRAYFocusing on Normandy, this paper intends to show that French “regions” are ambiguous realities, despite the efforts of institutionnalisation made since fifty years. The notion of “region” is actually associated to heterogeneous meanings that reduces its ability to be grasped by various stakeholders involved in their politicisation (political elites, journalists, citizens). A survey conducted in Normandy about the way elected officials perceive their region reveals that the various significations of the French “region” refer to disconnected spatial frameworks, generating deep and lasting confusions and geopolitical contradictions. Recurrent debates about a possible fusion of the “regions” Basse-Normandie et Haute-Normandie provides a significative example of existing ambiguities and deadlocks.https://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/3150local powermental mapsterritorial ambiguitygeographical divisionrégionalization |
| spellingShingle | Arnaud Brennetot Sophie DE RUFFRAY La Région : une notion ambigüe saisie à travers le cas normand L'Espace Politique local power mental maps territorial ambiguity geographical division régionalization |
| title | La Région : une notion ambigüe saisie à travers le cas normand |
| title_full | La Région : une notion ambigüe saisie à travers le cas normand |
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| title_short | La Région : une notion ambigüe saisie à travers le cas normand |
| title_sort | la region une notion ambigue saisie a travers le cas normand |
| topic | local power mental maps territorial ambiguity geographical division régionalization |
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