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August 20, 2025Open Access

Naturalization as a Colonial Tool for Entrenching French Domination in Algeria (1830-1962)

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Naturalization policy reinforced colonial control in Algeria, shaping demographics to favor Europeans.
Selective laws gave citizenship to Europeans while marginalizing Muslims, highlighting colonial hypocrisy.
The Crémieux Decree enfranchised Jews but contrasted with broader discrimination under the Indigenous Code.
Naturalization served as a tool of division, with lasting effects including Jewish emigration after independence.

Abstract

France's Algerian naturalization policy (1830-1962) strategically reshaped demographics to reinforce colonial control. Selective laws (1865,1889) naturalized Europeans (especially Spaniards/Italians) while the Crémieux Decree (1870) collectively enfranchised Jews, contrasting sharply with Muslim marginalization under the Indigenous Code. This discriminatory system exposed colonial hypocrisy, using citizenship to establish racial hierarchies - culminating in Vichy's 1940 revocation of Jewish rights. The policy's legacy includes post-independence Jewish emigration and enduring social fractures, revealing naturalization as an instrument of division rather than unity in colonial Algeria.

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Abed Mimouna (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af4965ad7bf08b1ead5c6d https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.62754/joe.v4i4.6878