Les engagements infrapolitiques des jeunes en difficulté d’insertion : entre institutions et pratiques autonomes
In social research, the question of youth commitment is used to being construed through young people’s political involvement, or with reference to it. The analysis of interviews and a long-term participant observation of precarious young people between 15 and 30 years old demonstrate other types of...
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| description | In social research, the question of youth commitment is used to being construed through young people’s political involvement, or with reference to it. The analysis of interviews and a long-term participant observation of precarious young people between 15 and 30 years old demonstrate other types of commitment that pertain to what John C. Scott (2009) names infrapolitics. These commitment types don’t aim at any kind of exemption from supervision or dependency (such as self-determination usually dealt with in political studies). They refer to the discreet or hidden resistance of these youth to the constraints of salaried employment formulated by the social institutions in charge. In order to be heard, these young people developed veritable clandestine strategies of resistance involving themselves relationally so that their viewpoint, contrary to institutional expectations, was acknowledged and accepted by the representatives of said institutions. We conclude by showing the skills these youth harnessed and how they were able to gain autonomy by working toward commitment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-edcf694ceee444d08e4cbdb2fcbed0a72024-02-13T13:49:49ZengEcole Nationale de Protection Judiciaire de la JeunesseSociétés et Jeunesses en Difficulté1953-8375Les engagements infrapolitiques des jeunes en difficulté d’insertion : entre institutions et pratiques autonomesFabrice PlombCaroline HenchozIn social research, the question of youth commitment is used to being construed through young people’s political involvement, or with reference to it. The analysis of interviews and a long-term participant observation of precarious young people between 15 and 30 years old demonstrate other types of commitment that pertain to what John C. Scott (2009) names infrapolitics. These commitment types don’t aim at any kind of exemption from supervision or dependency (such as self-determination usually dealt with in political studies). They refer to the discreet or hidden resistance of these youth to the constraints of salaried employment formulated by the social institutions in charge. In order to be heard, these young people developed veritable clandestine strategies of resistance involving themselves relationally so that their viewpoint, contrary to institutional expectations, was acknowledged and accepted by the representatives of said institutions. We conclude by showing the skills these youth harnessed and how they were able to gain autonomy by working toward commitment.https://journals.openedition.org/sejed/7772autonomyyoung peoplecommitmentrecognitionlife courseprecariousness |
| spellingShingle | Fabrice Plomb Caroline Henchoz Les engagements infrapolitiques des jeunes en difficulté d’insertion : entre institutions et pratiques autonomes Sociétés et Jeunesses en Difficulté autonomy young people commitment recognition life course precariousness |
| title | Les engagements infrapolitiques des jeunes en difficulté d’insertion : entre institutions et pratiques autonomes |
| title_full | Les engagements infrapolitiques des jeunes en difficulté d’insertion : entre institutions et pratiques autonomes |
| title_fullStr | Les engagements infrapolitiques des jeunes en difficulté d’insertion : entre institutions et pratiques autonomes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Les engagements infrapolitiques des jeunes en difficulté d’insertion : entre institutions et pratiques autonomes |
| title_short | Les engagements infrapolitiques des jeunes en difficulté d’insertion : entre institutions et pratiques autonomes |
| title_sort | les engagements infrapolitiques des jeunes en difficulte d insertion entre institutions et pratiques autonomes |
| topic | autonomy young people commitment recognition life course precariousness |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/sejed/7772 |
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