Citizen Participation and Participatory Research in the Field of Social Inequalities (Nouvelles pratiques sociales; vol. 30, no. 1)

This article analyzes the effect of citizen participation on social inequalities, based on research conducted by a multidisciplinary team of researchers and community partners. Citizen participation may ensure comments and knowledge that have been completely or partially left out of the public space to emerge, and can help participants to get rid of a pre-established look towards people living in poverty. The analysis also focuses on power relations build during participatory research processes.