Inequalities Among Working Classes and Administrative Difficulties: The Social Differentiation Mechanisms of Recourse to the Enforceable Right to Housing Cover Image

Rozwarstwienie klas ludowych w kontekście działań publicznych. Społecznie zróżnicowana egzekwowalność zaskarżalnego prawa do mieszkania
Inequalities Among Working Classes and Administrative Difficulties: The Social Differentiation Mechanisms of Recourse to the Enforceable Right to Housing

Author(s): Pierre-Édouard Weill
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Anthropology, Economy, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: social housing; working class; social stratification; rights; France

Summary/Abstract: This paper concerns inequalities with respect to public actionin working-class groups. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods,it analyses the social differentiation mechanisms of recourse to the enforceableright to housing (known in France as DALO) and its handling. It contributes,firstly, to the study of the stratification of working-class groups: variousconfigurations of social property and housing situations are distinguishedamong DALO applicants. It also highlights inequalities with respect toadministrative justice and social action in working-class communities:the characteristics of DALO applicants determine both the terms and conditionsof ownership of the procedure and the public handling of their situation.

  • Issue Year: 6/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 111-129
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish