Training Elites and Structuring the Medico-Social Sector in Guadeloupe (1967–1980). The Role of the 1967 Generation

Guadeloupe left its status as a colony to become a French department with the “assimilation” law of 19 March 1946. Twenty years later, the promise of republican equality associated with this change is largely disappointed. Affected by the events of “May ‘67”, when the French state violently represse...

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Published inSocial sciences (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 2; p. 60
Main Authors Ferez, Sylvain, Ruffié, Sébastien, Villoing, Gaël
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2021
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Subjects
Assimilation
Citizenship
disabilities
Equality
french colonial empire
Guadeloupe
Humanities and Social Sciences
medico-social sector
Patronage
Political factors
Professionalization
France
Guadeloupe
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Summary:Guadeloupe left its status as a colony to become a French department with the “assimilation” law of 19 March 1946. Twenty years later, the promise of republican equality associated with this change is largely disappointed. Affected by the events of “May ‘67”, when the French state violently repressed demonstrations in Pointe-à-Pitre, the generation at the origin of the medico-social sector left to study in France in a tense political context. An analysis of the educational and professionalization paths of this generation, in connection with its political-union commitment, sheds light on the social and identity issues involved in the structuring of this sector.
ISSN:2076-0760
2076-0760
DOI:10.3390/socsci10020060