Participation des vulnérables dans la société d’insertion

Abstract

The emergence of a society that will encourage social integration gœs along with the notion of participation as a referential in social work. The ‘ideal of participation’ that had as its object the safeguarding and collective management of social problems within wage-earning society has given place to a model based on activation. The aim here is to put the emphasis on the personal qualities and the power of action of the individual and of certain target groups.Thus the participatory approach, seen today as a duty and an obligation, is part of the procedural, technocratic and managerial vision for the tackling of social inequalities. Rather than seeing the participation of vulnerable people in terms of their rights, this vision sees it as a principle of social obligation.