Glaes African Political Activism in Postcolonial France

State Surveillance and Social Welfare
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-69863-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 258 Seiten

Reihe: The Routledge Global 1960s and 1970s Series

African Political Activism in Postcolonial France engages with several areas of scholarly inquiry, ranging from the study of immigrants to the investigation of surveillance and the legacy of colonialism. Within migration studies, many important analyses have focused on integration, yielding critical contributions to our understanding of immigration and identity. This work moves in a different direction. Factoring in the dynamics of colonialism, decolonization, and their effect on immigrant political activism and state policy in the postcolonial, Cold War era reveals that immigrants from francophone Sub-Saharan Africa were key players who shaped the development of public policy toward immigrants. Through this approach, we can understand how republicanism, colonial ideology, immigration policy, and immigrant political activism intersected in the post-colonial era, shaping the reception of African workers and affecting their lives and experiences in France.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glaes, Gillian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

List of Figures

Preface: The Saint Denis Riot

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1: Immigrant Politics and The Union générale de Travailleurs sénégalais en France (UGTSF)

2: Political Mobilization and Collective Action: Ivry-sur-Seine and the African Immigrant Rent Strikes of the 1960s and 1970s

3: From Private Tragedy to Cause Célèbre: Five Deaths in Aubervilliers

4: Policing the Post-Colonial Order

5: Tuberculosis, Disease, Social Welfare Initiatives, and the Centre Bossuet

6: The Desire to Disperse: the Anti-Slum Campaign

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gillian Glaes is a Visiting Professor at the University of Montana-Missoula.