Titre :

The Value of Nation. Bureaucratic Practices and the Lived Experience in the French Naturalization Process

Auteur(s) :

Mazouz, Sarah [Auteur]
Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales - UMR 8026 [CERAPS]

Titre de la revue :

French Politics, Culture & Society

Numéro :

37

Pagination :

pp.139-161

Éditeur :

Berghahn

Date de publication :

2019

ISSN :

1537-6370

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

Political anthropology f the State
France
Critical moral anthropology
Naturalization process
Racialisation
Ethnography

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie

Résumé en anglais : [en]

Drawing on ethnographical observations made in the Naturalization Office of a prefecture of the Paris region, and on interviews carried out with bureaucrats and French citizens who have been naturalized, this article ...
Lire la suite >Drawing on ethnographical observations made in the Naturalization Office of a prefecture of the Paris region, and on interviews carried out with bureaucrats and French citizens who have been naturalized, this article examines both the institutional process of granting citizenship as well as its impact on subjectivities. It investigates the assumptions and broad judgments that underlie the granting of French citizenship to see how norms and values linked to this procedure circulate between bureaucrats and applicants. It focuses on the idea of “deservingness,” linked to the act of being granted French citizenship, to determine how bureaucrats from the Naturalization Office and French naturalized citizens differently appropriate this notion. By addressing the articulated difference between bureaucratic practice and lived experience, this article aims to highlight the political, moral, and ethical dimensions at stake in the procedure of making foreigners into French citizens.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Vulgarisation :

Non

Établissement(s) :

CNRS
Université de Lille

Collections :

• Centre d'Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS) - UMR 8026

Date de dépôt :

2023-12-20T13:16:19Z
2024-03-19T09:25:08Z