Solidarity Reuse at the Risk of Co-Optation. An Analysis of a Critical Emerging Meso Space Through the Political Work of Actors

Le réemploi solidaire au risque de la récupération. Analyse d’un espace méso critique en construction à partir du travail politique des acteurs

Benjamin Cordrie (), Clotilde Grassart and Victor Bayard
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Benjamin Cordrie: ECLORE - Economie Circulaire et vaLOrisation des REssources - UniLaSalle
Clotilde Grassart: CLERSÉ - Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Victor Bayard: UniLaSalle

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Abstract: This article examines the recent dynamics of structuring the reuse sector in France, focusing on solidarity-based reuse as a meso critical space (Lamarche, 2023; Bodet et Lamarche, 2020). It shows how this space is constructed and stabilized through the collective action of historical actors, in particular through the creation of a coalition, the Union for Solidarity-Based Reuse (URS). To do so, the article draws on Andy Smith's (2019) framework of political work to show how this space is shaped through the activities of problematization, instrumentation, and legitimization undertaken by actors in the solidarity-based reuse sector. In the face of increasing competition within the sector, these activities aim to safeguard it by establishing boundaries and a shared identity.

Keywords: regulation; mesoeconomic space; political work; régulation; espace mésoéconomique; économie sociale et solidaire; responsabilité élargie du producteur; travail politique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-02-06
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Published in Interventions Economiques : Papers in Political Economy, 2026, 74, ⟨10.4000/15naa⟩

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DOI: 10.4000/15naa

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