Les temps sociaux de la participation citoyenne : (in)dispositions et (in)disponibilités démocratiques
How can one find the time to participate in democratic life? Who is not too busy to act as a citizen beyond the electoral act? In order to answer this question, the article considers different trajectories of commitment in relation with municipal participatory mechanisms. It shows how the temporalit...
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| description | How can one find the time to participate in democratic life? Who is not too busy to act as a citizen beyond the electoral act? In order to answer this question, the article considers different trajectories of commitment in relation with municipal participatory mechanisms. It shows how the temporalities of the civic sphere are determined by the professional and family spheres. The demonstration deconstructs some usual figures of unavailability (working-age people, employees, parents) and availability (retired people) for participatory engagement. The times of citizen participation are situated in the social space. Biographical availability conditions the willingness to participate, but in a different manner depending on the social group. Retirement can lead to a search for activities or to a choice to detach oneself from them; work-place habits can make people aware of participatory methods or make them reluctant to them; the position within the relations of production can imply subordination or subjectivation; parenthood can be a hindrance or an opening to local life... In addition to the importance of autonomous and personal control of their time, two essential aspects stand out to explain one’s interest in participating: making actual decisions about significant issues, to make it worth their time. This article shows that time, in addition to being unevenly distributed, is always subjectively reinterpreted as a disposition to participate or not to participate. |
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| spellingShingle | Guillaume Petit Les temps sociaux de la participation citoyenne : (in)dispositions et (in)disponibilités démocratiques Temporalités availability temporality democracy participation engagement citizenship |
| title | Les temps sociaux de la participation citoyenne : (in)dispositions et (in)disponibilités démocratiques |
| title_full | Les temps sociaux de la participation citoyenne : (in)dispositions et (in)disponibilités démocratiques |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Les temps sociaux de la participation citoyenne : (in)dispositions et (in)disponibilités démocratiques |
| title_short | Les temps sociaux de la participation citoyenne : (in)dispositions et (in)disponibilités démocratiques |
| title_sort | les temps sociaux de la participation citoyenne in dispositions et in disponibilites democratiques |
| topic | availability temporality democracy participation engagement citizenship |
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