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exposé 1 : les banlieues
The banlieue (location of HLMs or cités) is at the heart of French discussions about national identity. Associated with violence, they are also where the French government has tried to focus on helping young people. What are the social problems that typically occur in the banlieues? Why do they occur here (include some thought of why banlieues came about historically) Do the media accurately represent these problems or do they exaggerate them? (what data exist on actual crime rates, school dropout rates, etc.). How do residents of the banlieues respond to the stereotype of the banlieues as violent (consider banlieue art forms as an expression of these feelings). Include a discussion of the riots of 2005 (les émeutes).
Books
Immigrant narratives in contemporary France / edited by Susan Ireland and Patrice J. Proulx. /
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001. (ON RESERVE)
[Includes chapter on the banlieues.]L’intégration./Begag, Azouz. Paris: Cavalier Bleu, 2003. (ON ORDER)
[“Les jeunes des banlieues ne cherchent pas à s’intégrer.” Sur la diversité qui existe dans les banlieues mêmes.]Quand les banlieues brûlent : Retour sur les émeutes de novembre 2005./Mucchielli, Laurent et Véronique Le Goaziou. Paris: Découverte, 2007 (ON ORDER)
Journal articles
« Civiliser» la banlieue. Logiques et conditions d'efficacité des dispositifs étatiques de …
P Juhem - Revue française de science politique, 2000
[Click on "Export article to PDF."]The French Riots: Questioning Spaces of Surveillance and Sovereignty. By: Ossman, Susan; Terrio, Susan. International Migration, 2006.
Immigration maghrébine en France: l'intégration des femmes Liliane M. Vassberg The French Review > Vol. 70, No. 5 (Apr., 1997), pp. 710-720
“Nicholas Sarkozy: Scourge of the Banlieues?” World Politics Review May 11, 2007.
[A comparer avec l’analyse de Mucchielli et Goaziou]The October Riots in France: A Failed Immigration Policy or the Empire Strikes Back? By: Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck; Balz, Michael J.. International Migration, 2006.
[Un peu superficiel mais utile comme point de départ]Blogs
Association Quartier sans cible.
[Lisez surtout la discussion d’un anti-documentaire, “Sale Réput” dans lequel a participé Faiza Guène]
exposé 2: “l'état providence” en France
France is famous for being a welfare state. What are the various social programs available to help those who are most disadvantaged? What are some criticisms of France's social welfare system that are made within France? Include: CAF (Caisse d'allocations familiales), SECU (Social Security), ANPE (Agence Nationale pour l’Emploi), and les centres sociaux (maisons pour tous), often administered through city (mairies) or municipal governments. How do state-administered social work programs function and how are they perceived by the populations they serve? Challenge: Make the material more than definitions and statistics.
Books
France in crisis : welfare, inequality, and globalization since 1980./ Timothy B. Smith. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. (ON RESERVE)
Histoire des métiers du social en France
E Jovelin, B Bouquet - 2005 - Éditions (ON RESERVE)
[surtout l’introduction, chapitre I et XV- un peu technique mais donne du contexte historique]
Immigration and the transformation of Europe / edited by Craig A. Parsons and Timothy M. Smeeding / Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006. (ON RESERVE)Ni putes, ni soumises./ Amara, Fadela. Paris: Editions La Découverte, 2004. (ON RESERVE)
[pp. 61-63 “les quartiers abandonnés par l’Etat]Quand les banlieues brûlent : Retour sur les émeutes de novembre 2005./Mucchielli, Laurent et Véronique Le Goaziou. Paris: Découverte, 2007 (ON ORDER)
[chapitre 8, “Les intervenants sociaux au service de la sécurité?]Journal articles
La France et la politique sociale de l'Union européenne
The French Review > Vol. 75, No. 2 (Dec., 2001), pp. 276-288"Three Decades of Social Work in France: from Security within the Welfare State to a State of «Disembedded Modernity.» Social Work and Society 4.2 (2006).
[définitions très utiles pour Kiffe Kiffe Demain]Associations
exposé 3: l'islam en France
Islam is the fast growing religion in France, and at the heart of much of the controversies about national identity. What percentage of the population is practicing? What formal associations assist to represent the "Muslim community"? In what way are there ties between Muslim groups and Jewish or Christian ones (i.e., are there attempts to have "interfaith" dialogues in France as we have come to expect here?) When are Muslim values or practices considered to be in conflict with "republican" values? (l'affaire du foulard, the veil affair). In what way is Islamic fundamentalism (islamisme) a problem in France? Note: please do not devote a major part of the exposé to the headscarf debate: although very important, it does not represent the diverse ways in which Islam is experienced in France.
Books
L’intégration./Begag, Azouz. Paris: Cavalier Bleu, 2003. (ON ORDER)
[“L’islam et la république ne peuvent faire bon ménage.” 99-103. Notez que le titre de ce chapitre ne reflète pas l’opinion de Begag!]Integrating Islam : political and religious challenges in contemporary France / Jonathan Laurence, J Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2006
Location: Main Coll 305.6970944 L379iMuslims and the state in Britain, France, and Germany / Joel S. Fetzer, J. Christopher Soper / Fetzer, Joel, Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 (ON RESERVE)
Ni Putes ni soumises./Amara, Fadela. (ON RESERVE)
[pp. 47-48 sur “celles qui portent le voile” et pp. 72-81 sur “l’émergence d’un nouveau islam, politique.”]Penser l'Islam dans la laïcité : les musulmans de France et la république/ Frégosi, F., [Paris] : Fayard, c2008 (ON RESERVE)
Why the French don't like headscarves: Islam, the State, and public space / John R. Bowen, Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007
Location: Main Coll 391.430944 B784wJournal articles
"Histoire d'un face-à-face L'islam et la France." L''Express du 05/10/2006.
“The Muslim Headscarf and French Schools." American Journal of Education November 2004.
Government websites
Haut Conseil a l’Integration: L’Islam dans la Republique
[histoire de l’immigration musulmane en France et explication de la laïcité du point de vue du gouvernement français.]
French newspapers full text
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