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Article Dans Une Revue Justice spatiale = Spatial justice Année : 2015

The Right to the Village

Frédéric Landy
Sophie Moreau

Résumé

While there is a flourishing literature on “the right to the city”, an phrase launched by Henri Lefebvre as a demand and a call to action, few have taken up this idea and applied it to the rural world. Could a “right to the village” be established? Whereas the possible interpretations, content and codifications of the “right to the city” are an object of enquiry for many researchers and institutions, the “right to the village” could provide an offbeat avenue into an examination of the relations between space and sociopolitical claims. It could even cast light on the right to the city itself. This text confirms that there is nothing specifically “urban” about the components of the right to the city. It is time to ask why we should continue using an expression which, taken literally, could suggest that rural areas are globally characterised by political amorphousness. Even if in Lefebvre’s mind, there is no contradiction between the right to the city and the right to the village – indeed it is the same thing – there is a risk that the right to the city might make many forget the countryside. If we want to fight for spatial justice, this is a good place to start.
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halshs-01718604 , version 1 (27-02-2018)

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Frédéric Landy, Sophie Moreau. The Right to the Village. Justice spatiale = Spatial justice, 2015, Right to the Village, 7, http://www.jssj.org/article/le-droit-au-village/. ⟨halshs-01718604⟩
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