Genèses 2023/4 No 133
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A decolonization of the social welfare system

From a French colonial “modernization” to its reconsideration within SubSaharan Africa

Pages 27 to 51

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  • FERTIKH, Karim,
2023. A decolonization of the social welfare system From a French colonial “modernization” to its reconsideration within SubSaharan Africa. Genèses, 2023/4 No 133, p.27-51. DOI : 10.3917/gen.133.0027. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-geneses-2023-4-page-27?lang=en.
  • Fertikh, Karim.
« A decolonization of the social welfare system : From a French colonial “modernization” to its reconsideration within SubSaharan Africa ». Genèses, 2023/4 No 133, 2023. p.27-51. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-geneses-2023-4-page-27?lang=en.
  • Fertikh, K.
(2023). A Decolonization of the Social Welfare System From a French Colonial “modernization” to Its Reconsideration Within Subsaharan Africa. Genèses, No 133(4), 27-51. https://doi.org/10.3917/gen.133.0027.

https://doi.org/10.3917/gen.133.0027

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Cite this article

  • Fertikh, K.
(2023). A Decolonization of the Social Welfare System From a French Colonial “modernization” to Its Reconsideration Within Subsaharan Africa. Genèses, No 133(4), 27-51. https://doi.org/10.3917/gen.133.0027.
  • Fertikh, Karim.
« A decolonization of the social welfare system : From a French colonial “modernization” to its reconsideration within SubSaharan Africa ». Genèses, 2023/4 No 133, 2023. p.27-51. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-geneses-2023-4-page-27?lang=en.
  • FERTIKH, Karim,
2023. A decolonization of the social welfare system From a French colonial “modernization” to its reconsideration within SubSaharan Africa. Genèses, 2023/4 No 133, p.27-51. DOI : 10.3917/gen.133.0027. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-geneses-2023-4-page-27?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/gen.133.0027

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Far from the idealized image of a welfare system as the embodiment of solidarity, the aim of the colonial social security system (put in place in 1956 within the territories under the remit of the French Overseas Territories Ministry) is not to provide “according to one’s needs” but according to one’s usefulness in terms of the modernization of the French African colonies. The national social welfare structures inherited this imperial modernization. Based on various archival resources, the current article describes this social welfare system as a battleground between the imperial project and vernacular conceptions of the law as well as between competing programs of modernization.

  • decolonization
  • social welfare
  • empires
  • law
  • modernization

Publisher keywords: decolonization, empires, law, modernization, social welfare

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https://doi.org/10.3917/gen.133.0027

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