The politics of social centers No 35, 2023/1 - pagesPages 7 to 17Research on democracy and participation: Is common ground possible?By Guillaume PetitPages 19 to 49Grasping the politics of social centers. Forms of participation and empowerment in areas neglected by the social sciencesBy Héloïse Nez, Catherine Neveu, Julie GarnierPages 51 to 73Where do social centers belong? A history spanning social work and community actionBy Jérémy LouisPages 75 to 100Representations of citizenship in social centers: A “civic epistemology” at odds with the promotion of empowerment?By Catherine NeveuPages 101 to 132Between refusal, avoidance, and expression: The presence of politics in French social centers. An ethnographic study in a small rural townBy Héloïse NezPages 135 to 159Interpersonal relations and social positions in community centers. Participation “under control”: The community involvement of women in working-class neighborhoodsBy Julie Garnier, Sarah RétifPages 161 to 184Fighting ethno-racial discrimination in social centers: The emergence of “unlikely” initiatives. The example of Lormont and Vaulx-en-VelinBy Hélène Balazard, Anaïk PurennePages 185 to 210Participation and mobilization of women involved in a working-class social centerBy Valérie CohenPages 213 to 242Involvement as a means of acceptance? Framing the debate and epistemic cultures in tension in participatory researchBy Laura SeguinPages 243 to 270The participatory making of the programmatic offer. Campaigning metamorphoses and school depoliticization in the “Amiens c’est l’tien” list for the 2020 municipal electionsBy Thomas Douniès