Population mobility and territorial control: the French West Indies in the second half of the twentieth century
This article examines the reasons why the French government encourages population migration in areas that are remote from the nation’s political and economic centers in order to preserve territorial control. In the second half of the 20th century and in the context of the independence of the former...
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Centro de Estudios Avanzados. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revesint/article/view/45531 |
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| Sumario: | This article examines the reasons why the French government encourages population migration in areas that are remote from the nation’s political and economic centers in order to preserve territorial control. In the second half of the 20th century and in the context of the independence of the former French colonies, we show that the main objective is the protection of the so-called French “overseas” zones through the displacement of the French population. To analyze this, we highlight two migratory flows, on the one hand, the emigration of the Antillean population to the French mainland and, on the other hand, the immigration of French people to the Antilles, through an analysis of the critical literature on the situation in the French Antilles. It goes without saying that the conditions for both mobilities are totally different from each other. This work adds to the body of literature on displacement, mobility and migration within the Caribbean. |
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