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Vol. 34 No 3-4 (2009): Afrique et développement

1 - Wasted Citizenship? Reclaimers and the Privatised Expansion of the Public Sphere

https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v34i3-4.63525
https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v34i3-4.63525
Melanie Samson

Corresponding Author(s) : Melanie Samson

samson.mel@gmail.com

Afrique et développement, Vol. 34 No 3-4 (2009): Afrique et développement

Résumé

Il existe une littérature abondante sur le transfert des services et activités du domaine public vers le privé. Cependant, la privatisation de l’expansion de l’espace public a été négligée. Cette étude analyse les processus sociaux de contestation par lesquels la Municipalité de Metsimaholo, en Afrique du Sud, a cherché à formaliser la récupération des matériaux recyclables sur la décharge publique de Sasolburg et à ramener ces activités dans la l’espace de la politique publique à travers un contrat signé avec une compagnie de promotion économique des noirs. Les récupérateurs informels ayant pratiqué la récupération sur cette décharge pendant de nombreuses années, cette tentative par la ville revient donc à interdire l’accès à cette décharge collective privant du coup les récupérateurs du contrôle de leurs moyens de subsistance. L’article défie la perspective structuraliste de l’accumulation par la dépossession et de l’approche paternaliste de la gouvernance. Cette étude analyse la résistance des récupérateurs par rapport à ce processus. Elle défend qu’une « insurrection ontologique » était nécessaire de la part des récupérateurs informels avant de pouvoir négocier avec l’Etat et contrecarrer le rejet qu’ils subissent comme les « détritus », et exiger que l’expansion de l’espace public les prenne en compte en tant qu’acteurs légitimes dans l’arène des politiques publiques. Même si ceci peut résulter à une reconfiguration de l’espace public, le fait que sa nature privatisée puisse être remise en cause n’est toujours pas évident.

Mots-clés

Afrique du Sud Metsimaholo Sphère publique Déchets Recyclage Néolibéralisme Secteur public/privé Récupérateurs informels
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Samson, M. 2009. 1 - Wasted Citizenship? Reclaimers and the Privatised Expansion of the Public Sphere: https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v34i3-4.63525. Afrique et développement. 34, 3-4 (févr. 2009). DOI:https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v34i3-4.63525.
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Melanie Samson

Department of Political Science, York University and Visiting Researcher, Centre for Urban and Built Environment Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. E-mail: samson.mel@gmail.com.

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