Space, politics and (in)justice
Résumé
My paper addresses the issue of space, politics and (in)justice in the context of the city. The first part of the paper sets the context by providing an overview of the previous work on the geographical dimension of (in)justice. Building on this overview, the second part engages with the works of John Rawls and Iris Marion Young to conceptualize a notion of spatial (in)justice. The argument here is that there is a spatial dimension to (in)justice, which is produced and reproduced by structural dynamics. What is important, therefore, is to consider not only the spatial manifestations of injustice, but also the dynamics that constantly produce them. The last part of the paper considers the notion of spatial (in)justice by using examples from France; namely, the question of banlieues and urban policy since the early 1980s. The argument here is that by establishing a divisive spatial order that has focus on particular spaces, urban policies have failed to address the structural dynamics of spatial injustice, and have largely debilitated mobilizations for justice arising in the banlieues. In this sense, the case of urban policy in France offers insights into the relationship between space, politics and (in)justice. This paper looks at this relationship as a contestation over space between official spatial practices and grassroots political mobilizations. It thus offers a geographical analysis of urban policy as well as an interpretation of local political movements that question or challenge official policies.
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