Relégation, marché et désactivation du militantisme communiste
Résumé
Relegation, the Market and the De-Activation of Communist Militancy
Observing the transformations of the French communist party from an ethnological investigation in the north of France, the author uses it to analyse changes in politics. The article sets out, firstly, to show the contradictory manner in which, at a national level, the PCF integrates market ideologies. It then aims to define the double process of singularisation and market normalisation which appears as a local response to the framework through which the market is expressed. Finally it shows how the disconnection of the communist party and the world of labour is occurring in parallel with its falling back on municipal governance. Relegation through the market constitutes the salient process which leads to concluding comments on some aspects of the current contradictions of politics that are expressed notably in the paradoxical injunction of democracy: simultaneously disavowed and set up alongside the market as a globalised norm.
Observing the transformations of the French communist party from an ethnological investigation in the north of France, the author uses it to analyse changes in politics. The article sets out, firstly, to show the contradictory manner in which, at a national level, the PCF integrates market ideologies. It then aims to define the double process of singularisation and market normalisation which appears as a local response to the framework through which the market is expressed. Finally it shows how the disconnection of the communist party and the world of labour is occurring in parallel with its falling back on municipal governance. Relegation through the market constitutes the salient process which leads to concluding comments on some aspects of the current contradictions of politics that are expressed notably in the paradoxical injunction of democracy: simultaneously disavowed and set up alongside the market as a globalised norm.
Observant les transformations du parti communiste français à partir d'une enquête ethnologique dans le nord de la France, l'auteur le constitue analyseur des mutations du politique. L'article s'attache d'abord à montrer comment le PCF au niveau national intègre de manière contradictoire les idéologies du marché. Il tente ensuite de cerner le double processus de singularisation et de normalisation marchande qui se présente comme réponse locale au cadre d'expression du marché. Enfin il montre comment la déconnexion du parti communiste et de la sphère du travail s'opère parallèlement à son repli sur la gouvernance municipale. La relégation par le marché constitue le processus saillant qui permet de conclure sur quelques aspects des contradictions actuelles du politique qui s'expriment notamment dans l'injonction paradoxale de la démocratie : simultanément désavouée et érigée au côté du marché en une norme globalisée.
Mots clés
French Communist Party
Globalization
Market
De-industrialisation
Democracy
Governance
Municipality
Municipal policies
Militancy
Communist militancy
Congress of the Communist party
Policy of security
France
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais
Bassin minier
Parti communiste
PCF
Globalisation
Mondialisation
Marché
Relégation
Désindustrialisation
Démocratie
Gouvernance
Municipalité
Politique municipale
Intercommunalité
Militantisme
Militantisme communiste
Congrès du parti communiste
Discipline
Surveillance
Politique de sécurité
Domaines
Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie
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