Michel Debré et La Réunion
La force des convictions jacobines
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20364477 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gilles Gauvin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 324 |
| Pages | 259-291 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revue française d histoire d outre-mer (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-9513 • E-ISSN: 2419-4522 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/outre.1999.3749 |
| OpenAlex | W2078264106 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 1 |
Michel Debré-Prime Minister under General De Gaulle was between 1963 and 1988, a deputy for Reunion Island. Considered as an exile by some or as a form of neo-colonialism by others, in fact, this long overseas mandate was simply the fortuitous result of a friendship and a promise. However, the mandate tallied with a crucial time in the history of Reunion Island as a French Department. Within a quarter of a century, Michel Debré applied himself to rooting - by all means - the island microsociety to its distant home country ; applying an unprecedented development policy. The challenge was all the more difftcult since the home country authorities and the successive governments only had a limited interest in the « Indian Ocean Pearl », and since politics in Reunion Island was anything but a form of democratic culture. Was this original instance of decolonization - that is departmentalisation - a failure or a success ? Undoubtedly, Michel Debré is not totally responsible for the current economic difficulties or the island community problems
Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Decolonization · Democracy · Geography · Humanities · Mandate · Political science · Politics · African Studies and Ethnography · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Law · Migration, Identity, and Health
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |