Equality in inequality
Social benefits for North African Muslim soldiers in the French Army during the Great War (1914-1918)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5151035 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jerzy Zdanowski (0000-0002-6878-0432, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 75-99 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13629387.2022.2140142 |
| OpenAlex | W4307628772 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
In 1914–1918, almost 300,000 indigenous people were mobilised in North Africa to fight in France. In November 1915, the Minister of War proposed granting them French citizenship. His initiative favoured an influx of soldiers into the army and sparked heated discussions about modifying the colonial policy, which was based on unequal access of French and the native population to political rights. The colonial party eventually blocked the proposal as going too far. Consequently, the policy to provide indigenous soldiers with social benefits on an equal footing with the French was adopted to ensure a steady flow of volunteers to the French Army. This article attempts to give a comprehensive presentation of the issue of social benefits as a policy aimed at increasing recruitment, reducing public discontent and preserving the colonial order. This policy proved effective but equalising daily pay, premiums, family allowances, indemnity and compensation for indigènes spurred on the emancipation of indigenous peoples and eroded the colonial policy
Citizenship · Colonialism · Emancipation · Indemnity · Indigenous · Inequality · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Demography · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · North African History and Literature · Public Administration
Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany
Histoire de l'Algérie contemporaine - 2
Race and War in France
The Berlin-Baghdad Express
The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia
How to Be French
To Be a Citizen
World War One in Southeast Asia
No Stake in Victory
La France et l'Islam depuis 1789
The French Theory of the Nation in Arms 1866–1939
The French Colonial Army and the Great War
France, soldiers and Africa
The Groupe Colonial in the French Chamber of Deputies, 1892–1932
Mission Civilisatrice ’
Islam and Anti-Colonial Rebellions in North and West Africa, 1914–1918
Die Wūnsdorfer Moschee
Une politique algérienne libérale sous la IIIe République (1912-1919)
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |