French "old colonies" (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guiana, Reunion Island) received the common status of departments in 1946 and thus common statutes and decrees are enforced there in the same way as in mainland France. Nevertheless, the Constitution includes special provisions for these "départements" in accordance with their "specific situation", and local politicians continually request such special provisions. This "specific situation" actually seems to be deeply rooted in cultural behaviour tending to reject both open economic competition and the logic of modern public institutions. Self-government seems to be the only way out but this would require a shift for a status of Overseas Countries and Territories in EU law.La situation particuli...
La situation départementale, que connaissent depuis 1947 les ex-colonies françaises de la Caraïbe (M...
International audienceOn the whole, the current overseas departments and territories of France are n...
Avant juin 1982 jusqu’aux Assises nationales de l’immigration, aucun gouvernement français n’...
From French colonies (or protectorates) to French Overseas Territories or Overseas Départements in 1...
International audienceFrench Overseas Territories (les Outre-mer français) refer nowadays to territo...
International audienceFrench Overseas Territories (les Outre-mer français) refer nowadays to territo...
After WWII, the willingness of French governments to end the traditional colonial System soon finds ...
The Outlook for French Overseas Territories, by Jean-Pierre Gomane It had been assumed that the char...
Partie intégrante de la République Française, les collectivités d’outre-mer oscillent entre identité...
New Caledonia and French Polynesia are not only the most remote parts of the French Republic — as se...
It has to be admitted that concessions made by the French State have played a major role in obtainin...
Colonial administration is the product of foresight and circumstance from colonial policy, as genera...
À travers le cas des Antilles françaises, cette thèse examine les transformations de l’État liées au...
From the “ancien regime” to the beginning of the 1980s, France has tended to use the overseas Réunio...
International audienceWithin the framework of the potentialities opened up by domestic and internati...
La situation départementale, que connaissent depuis 1947 les ex-colonies françaises de la Caraïbe (M...
International audienceOn the whole, the current overseas departments and territories of France are n...
Avant juin 1982 jusqu’aux Assises nationales de l’immigration, aucun gouvernement français n’...
From French colonies (or protectorates) to French Overseas Territories or Overseas Départements in 1...
International audienceFrench Overseas Territories (les Outre-mer français) refer nowadays to territo...
International audienceFrench Overseas Territories (les Outre-mer français) refer nowadays to territo...
After WWII, the willingness of French governments to end the traditional colonial System soon finds ...
The Outlook for French Overseas Territories, by Jean-Pierre Gomane It had been assumed that the char...
Partie intégrante de la République Française, les collectivités d’outre-mer oscillent entre identité...
New Caledonia and French Polynesia are not only the most remote parts of the French Republic — as se...
It has to be admitted that concessions made by the French State have played a major role in obtainin...
Colonial administration is the product of foresight and circumstance from colonial policy, as genera...
À travers le cas des Antilles françaises, cette thèse examine les transformations de l’État liées au...
From the “ancien regime” to the beginning of the 1980s, France has tended to use the overseas Réunio...
International audienceWithin the framework of the potentialities opened up by domestic and internati...
La situation départementale, que connaissent depuis 1947 les ex-colonies françaises de la Caraïbe (M...
International audienceOn the whole, the current overseas departments and territories of France are n...
Avant juin 1982 jusqu’aux Assises nationales de l’immigration, aucun gouvernement français n’...