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This article discusses the theme of the "contestation" of the metropolis, as studied in the articles in the dossier of Metropolises #28, from a decentred perspective rooted in the metropolitan experience of Lyon and Minneapolis. The reflection on (1) the meaning attributed to metropolitanisation by actors and researchers, (2) the modalities of the institutionalisation of the metropolis by the State, and (3) the repertoire of its competences, is constructed here in a comparative perspective. It recognises the specificities of the metropolitan scene in France, conducive to metropolitan social movements as they have been observed without, however, validating the hypothesis of the relevance of the metropolis as a scale for political mobilisation. |
