@article{PAR00009936, title = {{T}he ghetto, the hyperghetto and the fragmentation of the world}, author = {{A}gier, {M}ichel}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{R}eflecting on {L}oic {W}acquant's {U}rban {O}utcasts, my observations focus on two points: the ghetto and the hyperghetto. {O}n the one hand, over and above the {F}rance-{USA} comparison, the text suggests that 'the ghetto' is a relative urban position, not one that establishes an identity. {W}ithin that framework, some {F}rench banlieues or {P}alestinian refugee camps are in a position of urban, social and political relegation that is well conveyed by the term 'ghetto'or 'ghettoization'. {O}n the other hand, if we are agreed that it is distance from the state that constitutes the ghetto, then transference of this notion of relegation to the global scale is a possible definition of 'the hyperghetto'.}, keywords = {{FRANCE} ; {ETATS} {UNIS} ; {PALESTINE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{I}nternational {J}ournal of {U}rban and {R}egional {R}esearch}, volume = {33}, numero = {3}, pages = {854--857}, ISSN = {0309-1317}, year = {2009}, DOI = {10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00922.x}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00009936}, }