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Ordinary Citizens and the French Third Republic

Negotiations Between People and Parliament, c.1900–1930

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Authors:
  1. Karen Lauwers

    1. Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  • Draws on correspondence between citizens and four French parliamentary representatives

  • Bridges the gap between top-down institutional parliamentary history and unorganised grass-roots politics

  • Analyses the paradoxes of the French Third Republican regime and how these were (re)imagined by 'ordinary' citizens

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Finding Citizens in the Web of Political Concepts

    • Karen Lauwers
    Pages 1-38

  3. Materiality of the Negotiation Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-40
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    2. Citizens in the Chamber and the Deputies in Their Constituency

      • Karen Lauwers
      Pages 41-67

    3. Written Communications and Their Material Characteristics

      • Karen Lauwers
      Pages 69-110

    4. First World War Correspondence and the Deputies’ Accessibility

      • Karen Lauwers
      Pages 111-163

    5. Conclusion to Part I

      • Karen Lauwers
      Pages 165-169

  4. Typology of the Deputies’ Roles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-176
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    2. The Impartial Deputy

      • Karen Lauwers
      Pages 177-232

    3. The Sacralized Deputy

      • Karen Lauwers
      Pages 233-286

    4. The Deputy-Lawyer

      • Karen Lauwers
      Pages 287-319

    5. Conclusion to Part II

      • Karen Lauwers
      Pages 321-324

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 325-352
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About this book

This book analyzes the negotiation of socio-political concepts, such as citizenship, republicanism, and representation, between “ordinary” French citizens and their representatives in parliament during the early twentieth century. By examining the letters written to French Deputies of the Chamber (députés) at a tumultuous time in French political history, the author sheds light on the role that politically unorganized citizens played in the process of democratization. Central to the investigation are the aspirations, wishes and demands of individuals acting on their own or as spokespersons for informal communities. The way that they formulated personal requests in their letters to députés reveals their expectations of political representatives, the regime, and their own place in society. By taking a closer look at the epistolary relations between voters and non voters on the one hand and their deputies on the other during a time of rapidly succeeding governments, economic crises and changes in electoral laws, this book demonstrates how the Third Republic’s existence was co-determined by ordinary citizens’ perceptions of the regime. Helping readers to reflect on the nuances of the politicization process, this innovative book offers unique insights for those researching French political history and modern European political culture.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Karen Lauwers

About the author

Karen Lauwers is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland, where she works on the French-Algerian axis of the ERC-funded CALLIOPE project: Vocal Articulations of Parliamentary Identity and Empire. Previously, she studied at the Center for Political History at the University of Antwerp in Belgium, where she conducted her research for this book 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ordinary Citizens and the French Third Republic

  • Book Subtitle: Negotiations Between People and Parliament, c.1900–1930

  • Authors: Karen Lauwers

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89304-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-89303-3Published: 26 May 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-89306-4Published: 27 May 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-89304-0Published: 25 May 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 352

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: History of France, Political History, Modern History, Social History, European History

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