Od dezintegracji do integracji społecznej. Praktyki repartycji jako polityczne narzędzia przekształcania społeczeństwa

Abstract

The article discusses the significance of the practices of repartition for the disintegration and integration of social groups. It has been emphasized that repartitions are not only generated by social expectations, mobilise the voters, and help politicians take advantage of social problems, but they also contribute to the integration of social groups. The groups comprised of the supporters of repartitions, who accept their message, and also of their opponents, who irrevocably reject the changes put forward by the repartitions. The power of repartitions, which, first and foremost, resides in the legality of the system, the refusal to accepts its inequalities and in the promise of new fair hierarchies translates into the creation of social bonds. Repartitions bring together those who are excluded and want for goods with those who have them in excess. By bringing the individuals together, repartitions make the creation of a fair order more likely. It is because of these properties that they become politically useful tools, instrumental in remodelling the society, which ultimately leads to its integration into one entity.