Visits of Sovereignty and the articulation of the national and the local in France and Germany on the eve of World War I

Jay Rowell (1) , Nicolas Mariot (2)

1 PRISME - Politique, religion, institutions et sociétés : Mutations européennes
2 CURAPP-ESS - Centre universitaire de recherches sur l'action publique et le politique. Epistémologie et Sciences sociales

This paper seeks to explore the problems and potentialities of asymmetrical historical comparison by examining visits by heads of State to the provinces in Germany and France at the eve of WW I. This act of political legitimation and representation is analysed through the lenses of the practical organization of the event understood as an administrative routine, thereby bringing into question many of the categories routinely mobilized to describe and to oppose two models of national integration.

Mots clés: political legitimation; national integration; comparative theory; visits of sovereignty

Mots clés: visites de souveraineté; légitimation politique; intégration nationale; théorie comparative

Domaines: Histoire; Science politique

Jay Rowell, Nicolas Mariot. Visits of Sovereignty and the articulation of the national and the local in France and Germany on the eve of World War I. 2006. ⟨halshs-00112025⟩