Contenu du sommaire : Désordres parlementaires

Words that Kill. The Parliamentary Murder of Manuel (1823)The expulsion from the Chambre des Députés in 1823 of the liberal parliamentarian Manuel, accused of promoting regicide, is part of a history of parliamentary violence involving the use of rhetoric as a political weapon. References to the French Revolution, frequent in parliamentary sessions during the Restoration, were exacerbated during the debate over French intervention in Spain. The conflict initially arose around the exact words uttered by Manuel, which were transcribed in different ways. It reveals the question of the limits of what could be said within the Chambre and raises the issue of the constitutional legality of Manuel's expulsion, which turned him into both a martyr and a pariah, even in his own camp.

The Silence and the Fury. Pamphleteers and Parliamentary Order at the End of the Second Empire: Reflections Based on the Case of Henri Rochefort. Based on the case of Henri Rochefort at the end of the Second Empire, the article studies the relationship between pamphleteers and a parliamentary order still in the process of construction. It brings out the striking contrast between Rochefort's customary silence inside the parliament and the fury he demonstrated in his published writings. The author puts forward the hypothesis that the dialectic at work between manifesting vehemence outside the Chambre des Députés and self-control inside may have been a way of keeping parliamentary political discussion peaceful.

When the Police Defy the Palais Bourbon (13 March 1958). Protesting Policemen, the Parliamentary Arena and Regime Transition. The unauthorised demonstration by Paris policemen in front of the National Assembly on 13 March 1958 raised two issues relating to parliamentary order: though it disturbed the normal flow of exchange between députés, in some instances it actually fuelled police insubordination; it was a step in regime transition and the establishment of a new institutional balance. In this article, the demonstration and the rupture of allegiance to political authority on the part of the Paris police force are placed in a medium-term configuration in which the main police trade union protested against the weakening of executive authority, making the defence of its members' material interests more complicated.

Order and Disorder at the Supreme Rada of the Ukraine: Displays of Instrumental Violence in a Post-Soviet Parliament (2005-2010)This articles analyses the various displays of violence that regularly troubled the Ukrainian parliament, which were accompanied by visual and auditory disturbances and sometimes ended in scenes of physical violence. It shows that this violence was used in an instrumental fashion by the Parliamentary actors and offered them a possible means of political competition. By generating disorder, the violence reveals the difficulty of bringing the Ukrainian Parliament « to order ». Paradoxically, here as elsewhere, it also helped to institutionalise parliamentary order « in the making ».

Heart and Reason. Friends and Parents Invited to the Wedding
What does the wedding ceremony, and in particular the assembly of people invited to celebrate the event, reveal at a time when the structure of the family and the couple are undergoing major transformations ? A detailed description of the list of wedding guests drawn up by each couple makes it possible to qualify the opposition between « elective » relations and « institutionalised » ties and debate the evolutionist hypothesis of increasing individualism co-rrelative to greater electivity in social ties. It is an occasion to experience the social reality of various ties – of friendship and kinship – and reconfigure them..

The Ethnography of Partys Leaders. The Case of the Socialist Party
This article deals with the methodological problems posed by conducting ethnographical research within political parties, particularly among their leaders. Based on political sociology research on Socialist Party leaders (1993-2007), it shows that despite the usual methodological warnings, this type of study is not only feasible but also useful in renewing thinking about partisan elites. This approach encourages adopting a new point of view on the exercise of power by insisting on the internal distinctions among the group of leaders and on the cultural constraints weighing on them.

John Lonsdale, Nationalism, Ethnicity and Moral Economy: the Itinerary of a Pioneer of African History. Interview with Dominique Connan and Johanna SiméantIn this interview, the historian John Lonsdale, a specialist on Kenya, discusses the source of his vocation and his interest in the history of nationalism and the formation of the state in Africa. An heir to British Marxism and a proponent of studying the history of African societies « from the ground up », Lonsdale is attentive to the way popular cultures « vulgarise » the state and class struggle. In answering our questions, he talks about his itinerary and work, which have made a lasting contribution to the field of African studies.