Citations with the tag: IMMIGRANTS -- France
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- The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris.
Willard, Fran Roberts // Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings; Apr2012, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p167No abstract available.
- Editorial.
ATTAN�, ISABELLE // China Perspectives; 2012, Vol. 2012 Issue 4, p2An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue including the new opportunities for social mobility for girls in the rural areas of China, the reproduction of economic and social inequalities in sexes, and the Chinese female migrants in France.
- Vandals of Vitry.
ATTAN�, ISABELLE // Time; 1/12/1981, Vol. 117 Issue 2, p47The article reports on the recent incident of vandalism which took place in Paris suburb of Vitry-sur-Seine. As reported, Vitry's Communist mayor, along with a group of 50 residents and town officials surrounded a five-story government housing project which was made for Black immigrants and...
- Introduction: Elites and their Representation: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives.
Daloz, Jean-Pascal // Historical Reflections; Winter2010, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p1An introduction to the journal is presented which discusses several articles published within the issue, including one on elites in France, Great Britain, and Germany in the late nineteenth century, one on male politicians in France and Norway, and one on immigrant entrepreneurs in France.
- Tos Ethnic Identity in France through the Blogs of Young People of Portuguese Descent.
Fernandes, Martine // Faux Titre; 2010, Vol. 359, p195The article focuses on the ethnic identity of Portuguese migrants who came and settled in France during 1960s because of the colonial war in Africa. It states that they retained their national identity and culture through their network of clubs and associations. It discusses their progression...
- De l'endogamie � l'homogamie socio-ethnique.
Santelli, Emmanuelle; Collet, Beate // Sociologie & Soci�t�s; automne2011, Vol. 43 Issue 2, p329The issue of conjugality of French descendants of immigrants creates a new interest due to the formation of a marriage market in France and the persistence of the endogamous norm. From the data of a biographical interview survey conducted in 2007 with a hundred of people of Maghrebian, Turkish...
- Ne pas se sentir discrimin�: une analyse des parcours atypiques au croisement d'une analyse micro et macro.
SANTELLI, EMMANUELLE // Sociologie & Soci�t�s; printemps2009, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p263This research tries to describe how careers are developed between inherited resources and opportunities taken, while at the same time considering the different levels of analysis, from the micro-level to the macro-level of social trajectories. Comparison between individuals of various ages also...
- Jugend zwischen Prekarit�t und Aufruhr: Zur sozialen Frage der Gegenwart.
Keller, Carsten; Schultheis, Franz // Swiss Journal of Sociology; 2008, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p239The article reconstructs the almost thirty-year-old history of urban riots in France and analyses in a comparative perspective with Germany the causes for the periodic escalation of conflicts between the youth and the police in the French Banlieues. While the socio-spatial exclusion and the...
- Das entt�uschte Versprechen der Integration: Migrantennachkommen in Frankreich und Deutschland.
Tucci, Ingrid; Groh-Samberg, Olaf // Swiss Journal of Sociology; 2008, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p307This paper deals with the social structural conditions underlying the protest of descendants of migrants in France and its absence in Germany. Taking three theoretical explanations as a starting point, we use representative microdata to empirically demonstrate that the French concept of...
- Les entr�es d'�trangers en France: �volutions statistiques et bilan de l'op�ration de r�gularisation exceptionnelle de 1997.
THIERRY, Xavier // Population (00324663); mai/jui2000, Vol. 55 Issue 3, p567Since 1994, the foreign immigration flows to France can be quantified using statistics prepared by the Interior Ministry on the number of foreigners obtaining their first residence permit valid for one year or longer. After declining for several years, the number of these first-time residence...
- FOREIGN AND DESTITUTE.
Rowntree, Nancy // Children & Young People Now; 3/9/2010, p18The article discusses the condition of asylum-seeking families in destitution in Great Britain. Sarah Cutler, head of policy and public affairs at the Refugee Council, states that people who are refused with asylum are supported by hostel accommodation and 35 dollars in vouchers. Alison Worsley,...
- Laetitia Van Eeckhout: "L'immigration," Odile Jacob & La Documentation Fran�aise, Paris 2007, 181 ss.
Podg�rska, Karolina // Przeglad Zachodni; 2009, Issue 3, p259This article is a review of the book "L'immigration," written by Laetitia Van Eeckhout.
- France: Recent immigration-related developments affecting persons suffering from serious illnesses.
Weiss, R�mi // HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review; Oct2011, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p38The article offers information on the enactment of a reformed immigration law in France. According to the law, foreigners with serious illness may obtain a residence permit by showing that they did not have effective access to the care and treatments necessary for their survival in their country...
- Antinomy and Forms of Literary Migration: The Case of the Belgian Francophone Diaspora.
DIRKX, PAUL // Australian Journal of French Studies (Australian Journal of Fren; Jan-Apr2011, Vol. 48 Issue 1, p60The article discusses Belgian-French literary relations and literary migration. It particularly concentrates on Beglian Francophone literature and reflects on the migration of Belgian authors to France in the twentieth century. The author examines French conceptions of writers and intellectuals...
- Trickster Strategies in Alain Mabanckou's Black Bazar.
DE SOUZA, PASCALE // Research in African Literatures; Spring2011, Vol. 42 Issue 1, p102Throughout world folklore, tales of animal trickery such as the West African tales featuring Anancy the Spider showcase the use of cunning and thievery to overwhelm stronger foes. In several such tales, Anancy leads a liminal life on the edges of society, which provides him easy access to...
- The Irish in Paris.
Byrd, Max // Wilson Quarterly; Summer2010, Vol. 34 Issue 3, p34The article discusses the history of Irish people who moved to France. The author details the family history of French general Charles de Gaulle, who was a descendant of one Patrick McCartan who fled from Ireland to France in 1645. The author explains that many Irish who had their land...
- Nemiri u Francuskoj 2005.: prica sa zapadne strane.
LALIC, DRA�EN; ZLATKOVIC-WINTER, JELENA // Politicka Misao: Croatian Political Science Review; 2006, Vol. 43 Issue 2, p121The paper deals with the massive riots of the immigrants in French city suburbs in the autumn of 2005. First, the authors give an account of the immigrants' social position and the violent behaviour of these young and marginal groups as identified by eminent sociologists and other experts. On...
- Cultural integration of Belgian migrants in northern France (1870–1914): a Study of Popular songs.
Declercq, Elien; Borre, Saartje Vanden // French History; Mar2013, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p91When, during the nineteenth century, the French Third Republic developed its national project of assimilation, the Belgian-Flemish migrant community of northern France had long since been settled in the industrial cities of Lille, Roubaix and Tourcoing. It is hard for modern researchers to gain...
- The Paul Doumer assassination and the Russian diaspora in interwar France.
Foshko, Katherine // French History; Sep2009, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p383The assassination of French President Paul Doumer by the deranged Russian émigré Pavel Gorgulov in May 1932 has been largely dismissed by scholars as a colourful episode of limited historical import. On the basis of extensive new archival evidence, this article re-examines the aftermath of the...
- MARROQUÍES EN ESPAÑA, HOLANDA Y FRANCIA: ¿IMPORTA EL MODELO DE GESTIÓN DE LA DIVERSIDAD PARA EXPLICAR LA INTEGRACIÓN?
CEBOLLA, HÉCTOR; REQUENA, MIGUEL // Historia y Politica: Ideas, Procesos y Movimientos Sociales; ene-jun2010, Issue 23, p55This article offers preliminary evidence on the degree of social integration of Moroccan immigrants in three European destination countries: France, the Netherlands and Spain. This is a less frequent research design than the standard comparison of outcomes for immigrants from different national...
- Fear Factor.
KEATING, JOSHUA E. // Foreign Policy; Mar/Apr2012, Issue 192, p1In this article the author examines public mistrust of immigrants in several Western countries, including Germany, France, and the U.S., throughout history. Research regarding anti-immigrant prejudices, completed by political scientists in 2011, shows that most fears are associated with the...
- A Migrant's Fable.
Kirpalani, Anita // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition); 3/30/2009, Vol. 153 Issue 13, p8This article discusses what the film "Eden is West" indicates about attitudes regarding immigrants in European Union countries. In the film an immigrant character encounters a series of comic but socially charged obstacles in his efforts to reach Paris, France. The film was directed by...
- A Migrant's Fable.
Kirpalani, Anita // Newsweek (Pacific Edition); 3/30/2009, Vol. 153 Issue 13, p7This article discusses what the film "Eden is West" indicates about attitudes regarding immigrants in European Union countries. In the film an immigrant character encounters a series of comic but socially charged obstacles in his efforts to reach Paris, France. The film was directed by...
- Black in France: The Language and Politics of Race in the Late Third Republic.
Boittin, Jennifer Anne // French Politics, Culture & Society; Summer2009, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p23The article presents an assessment of notes generated by France's surveillance of African and Afro-Caribbean migrants during the interwar years to analyze how black men made use of racial terms such as n�gre and mul�tre. It is suggested that this racial language was infused with new...
- Class Act.
Walt, Vivienne // Time International (South Pacific Edition); 6/11/2012, Vol. 179 Issue 23, p40The article profiles French actor Omar Sy, who won the top C�sar award in February 2012 for his role as Driss in the film "The Untouchables." It recounts Sy's life as the child of African immigrants who grew up in Trappes, a poor Paris, France, suburb, or banlieue, and his jobs doing sketch...
- Class Act.
Walt, Vivienne // Time International (Atlantic Edition); 6/11/2012, Vol. 179 Issue 23, p44The article profiles French actor Omar Sy, who won the top C�sar award in February 2012 for his role as Driss in the film "The Untouchables." It recounts Sy's life as the child of African immigrants who grew up in Trappes, a poor Paris, France, suburb, or banlieue, and his jobs doing sketch...
- Elite de Fa�ade et Mirages de l'Independance: Les Petits Entrepreneurs Etrangers en France dans l'Entre-Deux-Guerres.
Zalc, Claire // Historical Reflections; Winter2010, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p94In the literature, immigrant entrepreneurs are described as the �lite of the best 'integrated' immigrants. Histories of migrant communities all insist on the role of the entrepreneurs as the center of the community and the symbol of social success. In this paper, I will discuss the diverse...
- Identities, Discourses and Experiences: Young People of North African Origin in France.
Hargreaves, Alec G. // French Studies; Apr2010, Vol. 64 Issue 2, p233The article reviews the book "Identities, Discourses and Experiences: Young People of North African Origin in Africa," by Nadia Kiwan.
- Policing the Post-Colonial Order: Surveillance and the African Immigrant Community in France, 1960-1979.
Glaes, Gillian // Historical Reflections; Summer2010, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p108By the early 1960s, an increasing number of Africans migrated to France from their former colonies in West Africa. Most were men hoping to gain employment in several different industries. Their settlement in Paris and other cities signaled the start of "post-colonial" African immigration to...
- Reproducing the French Race: Immigration, Intimacy, and Embodiment in the Early Twentieth Century.
Ousselin, Edward // French Studies; Apr2011, Vol. 65 Issue 2, p282A review of the book "Reproducing the French Race: Immigration, Intimacy & Embodiment in the Early 20th Century," by Elisa Camiscioli is presented.
- Filming France's colonial past: Women 'wearing the pants' in Outremer and Indochine.
Humbert, Brigitte E. // Studies in French Cinema; 2012, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p59Released when France had to deal with the aftermath of immigration (mainly from its former colonies) and its long overdue coming-to-terms with its colonial past, as well as gender parity in the workforce and politics, Outremer/Overseas (Roüan, 1990) and Indochine (Wargnier, 1992) provide views...
- Colonisation, racisme et roman national en France.
Coquery-Vidrovitch, Catherine // Canadian Journal of African Studies; 2011, Vol. 45 Issue 1, p17France's imperial past is part of French history as a whole, but few French historians seem willing to accept this idea. Since the early 2000s, history, memory, and politics have been emotionally intertwined in this regard: witness President Sarkozy's notion of a "national identity" limited to...
- British Workers in France, 1815�1848*.
Bensimon, Fabrice // Past & Present; Nov2011, Vol. 213 Issue 1, p147The article presents a case study of British workers who immigrated to France, focusing on the period 1815 to 1848. It examines the relationship of these migrants to industrialization in France, particularly commenting on artisans. The author explores the question of British integration and...
- Trading on Origins: Signs and Windows of Foreign Shopkeepers in Interwar Paris.
Zalc, Claire // History Workshop Journal; Autumn2010, Vol. 70 Issue 1, p133Immigration and retail trade both raise, in different but key ways, the question of the relationship between people and space. The construction of ethnicity involves modes of consumption, but also ways in which retailing is distributed. The appropriation of space by signs that denote foreignness...
- URBAN SILHOUETTES: MOHAND MOUNSI'S CREOLIZED PARIS.
FULTON, DAWN // Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly; Spring2012, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p286The article presents literary criticisms of several books by the Franco-Algerian writer Mohand Nafaa Mounsi, including "Les Jours infinis/Infinite Days," "The Demented Dance" and "La Noce de fous/Revels of the Mad." It discusses the theme of Mounsi's novels on Arab immigrants and children of...
- Dual Citizenship, Double Membership? Membership and Belonging of Immigrants' Descendants in France and Sweden.
Vera-Larrucea, Constanza // Journal of International Migration & Integration; Spring2012, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p165Conceptual changes in the classical understanding of citizenship in connection with marked shifts in citizenship regimes have been widely studied in recent decades. Most of this work has been developed to explore legal and institutional aspects, thus giving citizenship a static framework. By...
- La Goutte d'Or, 30 juillet 1955: une �meute au c�ur de la m�tropole coloniale.
Blanchard, Emmanuel // Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales; dec2012, Issue 195, p98Urban insurrections are usually analyzed in relation to the history of suburban neighborhoods and large housing projects. By relating an insurrection to the central position of immigrants in Paris, it becomes possible to shed light on different continuities and genealogies. Thus, the study of...
