In 2012-13, the French government’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage inspired mass protests in several cities for more than a year. This was surprising, as several other West-European states...Show moreIn 2012-13, the French government’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage inspired mass protests in several cities for more than a year. This was surprising, as several other West-European states had previously introduced similar bills without much controversy. These countries all had shown a clear pattern of rapidly declining prejudice against sexual minorities during the last decades. Some scholars have suggested, however, that in France this newly found acceptance of LGB individuals has not generalized to same-sex parenting, as the model of the heterosexual family remains one of the essential components of the dominant French national ideology and its quest for “abstract universalism”. In this thesis, I compared attitudes towards homosexuality and gay parenting in France and Europe. Analyzing datasets from the European Social Survey, I found evidence that French attitudes towards homosexuality are largely identical to those of other Western Europeans. However, French views on gay parenting turned out to be much more polarized than in other countries where gay marriage had been legalized. This may partly explain why such large protests against gay marriage had arisen in France in 2012-13, but not elsewhere in Europe where similar policies have been enacted.Show less
L’immigration nord-africaine a été étudiée par de nombreux auteurs , d’un point de vue historique et social. En revanche, nous avons essayé de combiner ces aspects avec un autre point de vue :...Show moreL’immigration nord-africaine a été étudiée par de nombreux auteurs , d’un point de vue historique et social. En revanche, nous avons essayé de combiner ces aspects avec un autre point de vue : celui de la presse écrite. Aussi la question de recherche traite-t-elle de la manière dont l’immigration maghrébine en France a été perçue par la presse française dans l’entre-deux-guerres. Nous voulons savoir s’il y a eu des signes d’une polémique autour du mouvement migratoire et ses conséquences pour la France et si les Nord-Africains ont été représentés plutôt d’une manière positive ou davantage d’une façon négative, quand et par qui.Show less
