Initiatives et stratégies spatiales. Le projet circulatoire face aux politiques publiques. L'exemple des Rroms et des Voyageurs du Poitou-Charentes (France) et de la Wallonie (Belgique)

This thesis is a comprehensive approach about the circulation of Roma families in the region of Poitou-Charentes in France and in Belgium. Whereas the stays of the Roma population is governed by a specific law in France, the reception is not organized in Belgium and remains irregular. In France, faced with this often repressive legal framework, families are trying to sustain their circulation practices. This circulation, dubbed a "circulatory project", is analysed by using individual and group interviews, direct observations and a five-year immersion period within a group of gypsies in Charent... Mehr ...