Cette thèse propose une perspective comparatiste pour étudier Acre et Alexandrie, aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles. La comparaison se nourrit des ressemblances et des divergences entre les deux villes. Elle se concentre cependant sur des aspects précis de leur histoire : les conflits et les échanges par le biais de leurs acteurs, de leurs impacts et de leurs conséquences à la fois sur chacune des deux cités et, plus largement, à l'échelle régionale de la Méditerranée orientale. Durant la période de domination latine en Terre Sainte, Acre et Alexandrie paraissent, à première vue, très différentes puisqu'elles s'inscrivent, au cours de cette période, dans deux sociétés disctinctes. Acre est gouvernée par une élite étrangère. Ses quartiers évoluent en fonction de conflits entre les factions occidentales et les privilèges qui leur sont accordés par le roi de Jérusalem. Alexandrie reste une ville orientale sur laquelle les Croisades ont peu d'impact. La démarche comparatiste permet une mise en cause de cette représentation trop approximative. Elle révèle à la fois d'autres différences et un certain nombre de similitudes dans l'évolution des deux villes. Le corpus disponible pour cette étude montre une transformation topographique importante d'Acre et d'Alexandrie au XIIIe siècle. Il permet également l'étude des systèmes servant à l'entretien des élites dans les deux cités ainsi que l'évolution du rôle des deux villes dans différents réseaux et espaces (la Méditerrranée, les villes portuaires à proximité, l'hinterland immédiat, les routes de pèlerinage et de commerce) en fonction des changements politiques, des conquêtes militaires, mais aussi du progrès technique. / This thesis offers a comparative study of Acre and Alexandria during the 12th and 13th centuries. The comparison draws on the similarities and differences between both cities. However, particular focus is given to some specific aspects in their history, especially through a study of the main players in conflicts and forms of exchange, and the impact and consequences of these on both cities as well as on the Eastern Mediterrranean. During the Latin domination of the Holy Land, Acre and Alexandria initially seem very different from one another because they were part of two distinct societies at this time. Acre was governed by a foreign elite. The town’s quarters evolved with the conflicts which opposed the different western factions inside the city, as well as the privileges that these groups received from the King of Jerusalem. Alexandria, on the other hand, remained an oriental city on which the Crusades had very little impact. This comparative study offers a broader view of their history, showing other differences between them as well as similarities in their historical development. The sources available for this research show important topographic development in Acre and Alexandria during the 13th century. They also contain information about the institutions allotted to support the local elites as well as on the evolving role of Acre and Alexandria within different networks and areas (the Mediterranean, nearby port cities, the immediate hinterland, trade and pilgrimage routes) in periods of political change, military conquests, but also of technical progress.

L’étude est dédié à l’examen des relations entre les bases sociales et recrutement des élites dans um contexte de transition des régimes politiques, plus précisement, au Brésil à la fin du XIXe siècle. En ce sens, l’analyse focalise la comparaison entre différents fractions d’élite, ce qui remet au problème général des relations entre bases sociales, investissements, strategies de carrière et conditions de différentiation entre champs. Intéressent, en particulier, les conditions sociales et institutionnelles d’autonomisation du champ culturel et de structuration de ces différents pôles, tant que les modalités de différentiation entre les carrières intellectuelles (professeurs d’enseigment supérieur et hommes de lettres) et les carrières politiques (président, vice-président, ministres, senateurs, députés). Premièrement, on analyse les déterminantes sociales des carrières, ainsi que ces relations avec les possibilités et les significations de la diversification des bases sociales. Ensuite, on focalisé la reconstitution des différents domaines d’activité dans lesquelles se déplacent les agentes en analyse, mettant l’accent sur les critères de hiérarchisation et les déterminantes sociales et institucionnelles. Enfin, l’analyse reside sur les modalités et stratégies de carrières menés pour les différentes fractions d’élite, avec le but d’aprehender les conditions d’éloignement et similarité entre les ressources mobilisées et les investissements qui composent les divers formes de réussit sociale et professionnelle. Ainsi, les indications générales indiquent une relative similarité des profils de carrière et ressources valorisées. Ce qui relie les déterminantes sociales qui sont la base des conditions de possibilité aux modèles socialement objectivés de réussit sociale et « professionnelle » / O presente trabalho dedica-se ao exame das relações entre bases sociais e recrutamento de elites em um contexto de transição de regimes políticos, mais especificamente, no Brasil de fins do XIX. Nesse sentido, o foco central de análise assenta-se na comparação entre distintas frações de elite, o que remete ao problema geral das relações entre bases sociais, modalidades de investimentos, estratégias de carreira e condições de diferenciação entre campos. Interessa, em particular, as condições sociais e institucionais de autonomização do campo cultural e de estruturação de seus diferentes polos, assim como as modalidades de diferenciação entre as carreiras intelectuais (professores universitários e “homens de letras”) e as carreiras políticas (presidente e vice-presidente, ministros, governadores e vice-governadores senadores e deputados federais). Em primeiro lugar, são analisados determinantes sociais das carreiras, assim como suas relações com as possibilidades e significados da diversificação bases sociais do recrutamento. Em seguida, o foco direciona-se à reconstituição dos diferentes espaços de atuação nos quais se movem os agentes em pauta, atentando para os critérios de hierarquização e os determinantes sociais e institucionais das carreiras. Por fim, a análise recai sobre as modalidades e estratégias de carreira acionadas pelas diferentes frações de elites em pauta, cujo objetivo é apreender as condições de afastamento e similitude entre os recursos mobilizados e os investimentos que compõe as diversas formas de realização social e “profissional”. Com base nisso, as indicações gerais apontam para uma relativa similitude em termos de padrões de carreira e recursos valorizados, o que se conecta tanto aos determinantes sociais que estão na base das condições de possibilidade, quanto a objetivação social de determinado modelo de excelência social e “profissional”. / This work is dedicated to the examination of the relationship between social bases and elites’ recruitment in a context of political regimes transition, more specifically, in Brazil at the end of the XIX century. As such, the analysis’ central focus rests on the comparison betwen different elite’s fractions which refers to the relations’ general problem between social bases, types of investment, career strategies and conditions of differentiation between fields. It concerns, in particular, the social and institutional conditions and the autonomisation of the cultural field and structuring of its different poles, as the modalities of differenciation between the intelectual careers (university professors and “writers”) and the political careers (president and vice-president, ministers, governor and vice-governor, senators and federal deputies). First, the careers’ social determinants are analyzed, as well as its relations with the possibilities and meanings of the recruitment`s social bases. Next, the focus is on the reconstitution of the different performance spaces in which the agents move, paying attention to the hierarchization’s criterias and the social and institutional career determinants. Lastly, the analysis rests on the career’s strategies and modalities actuated by the different elites’ fraction whose goal is to aprehend the conditions of departure and similitude between the mobilized resources and the investments that compose the different means of social and “professional” achievement. As such, the general indications point to a relative similitude in terms of career patterns and resources valued, which connects itself to the social determinants that rests on the base of the conditions of possibility, as well as the social objectivation of a certain type of social a “professional” excellence.

Cette thèse de doctorat examine la carrière des managers dans un contexteinternational. Plus précisément, elle s’intéresse aux parcours et modèles de carrièredans un contexte en évolution en prenant comme exemple le cas des managersinternationaux. Nous nous focalisons sur la nature évolutive des carrièresmanagériales, les environnements organisationnels et globaux dans lesquels lescarrières se développent, et la relation réciproque qui existe entre des carrières etdes environnements en évolution. Tous ces aspects sont explorés à travers troisarticles qui reposent sur trois terrains empiriques distincts.Le premier article analyse les profils de carrière des top managers européens dansun contexte d’internationalisation accrue. Des données sur le profil et la carrière deplus de 900 top managers dans quatre pays ont été collectées et analysées. Le butest de vérifier l’hypothèse d’une stabilité des modèles nationaux de carrière etd’identifier les éléments nouveaux liés à l’internationalisation.Le deuxième article se focalise sur les profils des dirigeants des plus grandesentreprises suisses. Nous nous sommes intéressés à l’évolution historique sur 30ans (1980–2010) des profils et des carrières d’environ 600 top managers. Cet articlemet en évidence le développement en Suisse d'une communauté internationale detop managers étrangers et analyse les changements dans leurs profils et dans leurscarrières.Le troisième article s’intéresse à l'adaptation interculturelle d'une population de 152employés étrangers (expatriés traditionnels, expatriés volontaires, migrants qualifiés)et 126 conjoints. Cet article étudie différents aspects de l'adaptation, en seconcentrant sur la maîtrise de la langue locale et les pratiques organisationnelles desoutien à l’expatriation. / This doctoral dissertation examines the career of managers in an international context. Specifically, this research focuses on careers patterns in a changing environment using the case of international managers (i.e. managers with a career that develops globally). More broadly, the research looks at the evolving nature of managerial careers, the organizational and global environments in which careers develop, and the reciprocal relationship between changing careers and changing environments, specifically in the context of those with global careers. All these aspects are explored in this doctoral dissertation with three research articles that use three different sets of empirical data.The first article analyzes the career profiles of top European managers in the context of increased internationalization. Data on profiles and careers of more than 900 top managers in four countries has been collected and analyzed. The purpose is to verify the hypothesis of stability in national career models and identify new elements related to internationalization. The second article focuses on the profiles of top managers at the biggest Swisscompanies. We focused on the evolution of profiles and careers of about 600 topmanagers over a 30-years period (1980–2010). This article highlights the development of an international community of foreign top managers in Switzerland and analyzes the changes in their profiles and careers.The third article focuses on the cross-cultural adjustment of a population of 152foreign employees (traditionally-assigned expatriates, self-initiated expatriates, skilled migrants) and 126 spouses. This article studies different aspects of adjustment, focusing on local language proficiency and relocation support practices.

L’étude est dédié à l’examen des relations entre les bases sociales et recrutement des élites dans um contexte de transition des régimes politiques, plus précisement, au Brésil à la fin du XIXe siècle. En ce sens, l’analyse focalise la comparaison entre différents fractions d’élite, ce qui remet au problème général des relations entre bases sociales, investissements, strategies de carrière et conditions de différentiation entre champs. Intéressent, en particulier, les conditions sociales et institutionnelles d’autonomisation du champ culturel et de structuration de ces différents pôles, tant que les modalités de différentiation entre les carrières intellectuelles (professeurs d’enseigment supérieur et hommes de lettres) et les carrières politiques (président, vice-président, ministres, senateurs, députés). Premièrement, on analyse les déterminantes sociales des carrières, ainsi que ces relations avec les possibilités et les significations de la diversification des bases sociales. Ensuite, on focalisé la reconstitution des différents domaines d’activité dans lesquelles se déplacent les agentes en analyse, mettant l’accent sur les critères de hiérarchisation et les déterminantes sociales et institucionnelles. Enfin, l’analyse reside sur les modalités et stratégies de carrières menés pour les différentes fractions d’élite, avec le but d’aprehender les conditions d’éloignement et similarité entre les ressources mobilisées et les investissements qui composent les divers formes de réussit sociale et professionnelle. Ainsi, les indications générales indiquent une relative similarité des profils de carrière et ressources valorisées. Ce qui relie les déterminantes sociales qui sont la base des conditions de possibilité aux modèles socialement objectivés de réussit sociale et « professionnelle » / O presente trabalho dedica-se ao exame das relações entre bases sociais e recrutamento de elites em um contexto de transição de regimes políticos, mais especificamente, no Brasil de fins do XIX. Nesse sentido, o foco central de análise assenta-se na comparação entre distintas frações de elite, o que remete ao problema geral das relações entre bases sociais, modalidades de investimentos, estratégias de carreira e condições de diferenciação entre campos. Interessa, em particular, as condições sociais e institucionais de autonomização do campo cultural e de estruturação de seus diferentes polos, assim como as modalidades de diferenciação entre as carreiras intelectuais (professores universitários e “homens de letras”) e as carreiras políticas (presidente e vice-presidente, ministros, governadores e vice-governadores senadores e deputados federais). Em primeiro lugar, são analisados determinantes sociais das carreiras, assim como suas relações com as possibilidades e significados da diversificação bases sociais do recrutamento. Em seguida, o foco direciona-se à reconstituição dos diferentes espaços de atuação nos quais se movem os agentes em pauta, atentando para os critérios de hierarquização e os determinantes sociais e institucionais das carreiras. Por fim, a análise recai sobre as modalidades e estratégias de carreira acionadas pelas diferentes frações de elites em pauta, cujo objetivo é apreender as condições de afastamento e similitude entre os recursos mobilizados e os investimentos que compõe as diversas formas de realização social e “profissional”. Com base nisso, as indicações gerais apontam para uma relativa similitude em termos de padrões de carreira e recursos valorizados, o que se conecta tanto aos determinantes sociais que estão na base das condições de possibilidade, quanto a objetivação social de determinado modelo de excelência social e “profissional”. / This work is dedicated to the examination of the relationship between social bases and elites’ recruitment in a context of political regimes transition, more specifically, in Brazil at the end of the XIX century. As such, the analysis’ central focus rests on the comparison betwen different elite’s fractions which refers to the relations’ general problem between social bases, types of investment, career strategies and conditions of differentiation between fields. It concerns, in particular, the social and institutional conditions and the autonomisation of the cultural field and structuring of its different poles, as the modalities of differenciation between the intelectual careers (university professors and “writers”) and the political careers (president and vice-president, ministers, governor and vice-governor, senators and federal deputies). First, the careers’ social determinants are analyzed, as well as its relations with the possibilities and meanings of the recruitment`s social bases. Next, the focus is on the reconstitution of the different performance spaces in which the agents move, paying attention to the hierarchization’s criterias and the social and institutional career determinants. Lastly, the analysis rests on the career’s strategies and modalities actuated by the different elites’ fraction whose goal is to aprehend the conditions of departure and similitude between the mobilized resources and the investments that compose the different means of social and “professional” achievement. As such, the general indications point to a relative similitude in terms of career patterns and resources valued, which connects itself to the social determinants that rests on the base of the conditions of possibility, as well as the social objectivation of a certain type of social a “professional” excellence.

La question étudiée c'est la relation entre l'Etat et les élites intellectuelles. Plus précisément, entre cinéastes et de la politique. Ils sont analysés en prenant en compte l'itinéraire des membres du "groupe" Cinema Novo et les relations sociales pour la mobilisation des ressources, aussi bien la multipositionalité dans les réseaux sociaux. L'itinéraire est interprété sur l'appui du concept de "champ" et de conditions "périphériques" qui limitent le rôle des intellectuels. Le "lien" entre cinemanovistas et de l'Etat se produit dans la mesure de "l'intersection des intérêts." La cartographie des réseaux, en plus de l'enquête bibliographique, suivi de l'analyse des entrevues et des documents recueillis dans les différentes collections. Des questions sont ensuite possession de la relation entre le capital social, les relations et les positions dans les réseaux, la mobilisation des ressources, la reconversion, et l'intersection des intérêts. Pour la saisie de cette question, l'hypothèse de travail est orienté au "succès" politique des cinemanovistas comme dépendant des positions au sein de réseaux, qui ont pris cette forme par le biais de relations conduit à la mobilisation de ressources, ce qui leur a permis d'influencer l'appareil d'Etat. La période d'analyse s'étend entre les années 1961 - dans laquelle apparaît le nom Cinema Novo - et 1974 - que Roberto Farias est conduit à la présidence de Embrafilme. En raison de l'itinéraire des cinemanovistas répétant des caractéristiques d'autres élites brésiliennes qui ont tendance à exercer insertion dans les appareils d'Etat, l'étude est justifiée par la contribution à la recherche sur la reproduction et la variation de ces caractéristiques, ainsi que la mobilisation de ressources, aux "nouvelles" élites ou les groupes qui ont tendance à exercer insertion dans ceux appareils. / O tema estudado são as relações entre Estado e elites intelectuais. Especificamente, as entre cineastas e política. São analisados o itinerário dos integrantes do "grupo" Cinema Novo e relações sociais para mobilização de recursos, possíveis na medida da multiposicionalidade em redes sociais. O itinerário é interpretado tendo como apoio a noção de "campo" e de condições "periféricas" que limitam a atuação dos intelectuais. O "vínculo" entre os cinemanovistas e o Estado dá-se na medida em que se evidencia "interseção de interesses". O mapeamento das redes, além do levantamento bibliográfico, acompanha-se de análise de entrevistas e de documentos obtidos em diferentes acervos. Questiona-se então a relação entre posse de capitais sociais, relações e posições em redes, mobilização de recursos, reconversões e interseção de interesses. Para a apreensão desta problemática, a hipótese de trabalho se orienta ao "sucesso" político dos cinemanovistas como dependente das posições ocupadas no interior de redes, que tomam esta forma por meio de relações acionadas para a mobilização de recursos e que lhes permitiram ter influência junto a aparelhos de Estado. O período prioritário de análise se estende entre os anos de 1961 - em que surge a denominação Cinema Novo - e 1974 - em que é empossado Roberto Farias na presidência da Embrafilme. Em razão de o percurso dos cinemanovistas replicar características de outras elites brasileiras que se inseriram em aparelhos de Estado, o estudo é justificado pela contribuição a investigações sobre a reprodução e a variação dessas características, bem como a dos recursos mobilizáveis, junto a "novas" elites ou agrupamentos que tendem à realização da inserção nesses aparelhos. / The issue studied is the relationship between state and intellectual elites. Specifically, between filmmakers and politics. They are analyzed taking in count the itinerary of members of the "group" Cinema Novo and social relations for mobilization of resources, the extent of multipositionality in social networks. The itinerary is interpreted as taking support the concept of "field" and "peripheral" conditions that limit the role of intellectuals. The "linkage" between cinemanovistas and the State happens in the extent of "intersection of interests." The mapping of networks, in addition to bibliographical survey, follows up for the analysis of interviews and documents obtained in different collections. Questions are then possession of the relationship between social capital, relations and positions in networks, mobilization of resources, reconversion, and intersection of interests. For the seizure of this issue, the hypothesis of work is oriented to the cinemanovistas' political "success" as dependent on positions within networks, which have taken this form through relationships driven to the mobilization of resources, which allowed them to influence the apparatus of state. The period of analysis extends between the years of 1961 - in which appears the name Cinema Novo - and 1974 - that Roberto Farias is conducted to the chair of Embrafilme. Because of the cinemanovistas' itinerary replicates characteristics of other Brazilian elites those operated insertion in apparatus of state, the study is justified by the contribution to research on the reproduction and the variation of these characteristics, as well as the mobilization of resources, found in "new" elites or groups that tend to perform insertion of such apparatus.

O presente estudo procura contribuir para a compreensão das ideias jurídico políticas da elite carioca entre 1899 e 1919, momento da História do Brasil no qual se reconstruía o espaço público através da organização das instituições republicanas. Optou-se por analisar os artigos editados na Revista da Faculdade Livre de Direito da cidade do Rio de Janeiro porque foi a primeira instituição acadêmica a oferecer o curso de Direito no Rio de Janeiro e possuía, desde sua fundação em 1891, um corpo docente composto por juristas de renome nacional como Augusto Olympio Viveiros de Castro, Francisco de Paula Lacerda de Almeida, Abelardo Saraiva da Cunha Lobo, Esmeraldino Olympio de Torres Bandeira, Carlos da Costa Ferreira Porto Carreiro, Benedicto Carneiro de Campos Valladares, entre outros. Esta escolha abriu a possibilidade de observar os motivos sociais que levaram à ampliação da demanda pelo ensino jurídico no Brasil e a legislação que indicou as diretrizes para a criação de instituições que oferecessem cursos jurídicos, acabando com a exclusividade das faculdades de São Paulo e Recife, e as obrigou a confeccionar revistas científicas voltadas para a divulgação da produção científica e debates teóricos da ciência do Direito. Pôde-se fazer um levantamento quantitativo dos temas dos artigos publicados e os organizamos por ramo do Direito, o que nos permitiu observar os temas debatidos e as principais referências teóricas que tinham os juristas que os escreveram (quase todos docentes): os livros A Evolução do Direito e O Espírito do Direito Romano nas Diversas Fases de seu Desenvolvimento, do jurista alemão Rudolf Von Ihering. Ao longo desta pesquisa poderá ser observado que as principais ideias que os juristas brasileiros assimilaram do jurista alemão foram: o direito público (representado pela autoridade e preponderância do Estado sobre a população) tem como finalidade defender o direito privado (especialmente a vida e a propriedade privada); a fonte do conhecimento do Direito e a criação de regras jurídicas (leis) não deveriam estar restritas à Filosofia do Direito e ao Direito Comparado, mas deveriam levar em conta as regras morais da sociedade, a fim de que a população sentisse justiça nas ações do Estado, contribuição essencial do Direito para a formação do Estado Nação. De um modo geral, percebeu-se que os juristas que representavam a elite carioca reunidos na Faculdade de Direito da cidade do Rio de Janeiro entendiam que o Direito não representava o espaço no qual se pensava apenas o conflito entre os indivíduos da sociedade, mas também a solução. Os conflitos sociais que ocorreram durante a República Velha (1889 1930) deveriam ser consequência de regras jurídicas ou leis concebidas de maneira errada, portanto creditavam na primazia do Estado sobre os indivíduos e imaginavam que reformas jurídicas (e não econômicas) poderiam levar à paz social. / The present study seeks to contribute to the understanding of juridical and political ideas of Rio de Janeiros élites between 1899 and 1919, moment in the history of Brazil when the State was reorganized through the articulation of the republican institutions. The choice of analyzing articles published in The Free Law School of the city of Rio de Janeiros review was made based on the fact that the school was the first academic institution to offer a law course in Rio de Janeiro and, since its founding in 1891, its faculty was composed of prominent jurists as Augusto Olympio Viveiros de Castro, Francisco de Paula Lacerda de Almeida, Abelardo Saraiva da Cunha Lobo, Esmeraldino Olympio de Torres Bandeira, Carlos da Costa Ferreira Porto Carreiro, Benedicto Carneiro de Campos Valladares, among others. These circumstances made possible the observation of the social reasons that led to the expansion of the demand for legal education in Brazil, culminating in the end of São Paulo and Recifes law school exclusiveness. The legislation related to the creation of the new law schools determined the foundation of scientific journals focused on the dissemination of scientific literature and theoretical debates of the science of law. A quantitative survey of the published articles subjects organized by area allowed to observe the main debates and theoretical references who wrote (almost all teachers): the books \"Law as a Means to an End\" and \"The Spirit of Roman Law in Different Stages of its Development\", written by the german jurist Rudolf Von Ihering. Through this research may be observed that the brazilian jurists main ideas were assimilated from Ihering: the public law (represented by the authority and prominence of the State population) aims to defend private law (especially the life and private property); the of the knowledge of law and the creation of legal rules (laws) should not be restricted to the Philosophy of Law or Comparative Law, but should accept the society moral rules, so that people feel justice in the States action, essential contribution to the science of law for the formation of the State Nation. In general, it was stated that the jurists, part of Rio de Janeiros elites joined at the Free Law School of the city of Rio de Janeiro, understood that law not only represented the conflict zone between the individuals in a society, but it could offer proper solutions. Consequently, the social conflicts that occurred during the República Velha (1889-1930) should be a consequence of rules or laws badly designed. Therefore this way of thinking was based on the primacy of the State over individuals, so that these jurists imagined that legal reforms (and non-economic reforms) could lead to social peace.

Les mots utilisés par les historiens pour décrire la nation ou la société diffèrent de ceux des autorités entre 1800 et 1820. La création des préfectures place les préfets au cœur d'une administration centralisée. Situés entre les ministres et les sous-préfets, en relation directe avec les autorités militaires et religieuses, ils entretiennent une correspondance administrative quotidienne avec divers interlocuteurs et traitent parfois les réclamations qui leurs sont transmises, directement ou non, par leurs administrés. En tant que relais du pouvoir central, le personnel préfectoral est également amené à s’adresser directement à la population par le biais de proclamations. Tous ces documents révèlent les vues des gouvernants. Leurs représentations changent, ainsi que leur langage, au gré des succès diplomatiques, politiques ou militaires, et des défaites qui sonnent le glas de l'Empire fondé par Napoléon remplacé à sa chute par Louis XVIII sur le trône de France. Les images véhiculées par les autorités n'évoluent pas toutes au même rythme ; elles demeurent complexes et soumises à des tensions révélatrices de leurs contradictions. Les pouvoirs publics réaffirment les traits communs propres à un « peuple » exceptionnel, distinct de ses voisins européens, souvent supérieur. Ils ne cachent pas pour autant les nombreuses divisions qui opposent les Français, « bons » ou « mauvais ». Ils ne taisent pas non plus les différences qu'ils établissent entre les élites et le reste de la population, dénigré pour son appartenance sociale ou géographique et prennent en compte la souffrance des « malheureux ». / The words used by historians to describe the nation or society differ from those used by the authorities between 1800 and 1820. The creation of prefectures places prefects at the heart of a centralised administration. Situated between ministers and sub-prefects, in direct contact with military and religious authorities, they maintain daily administrative correspondence with various interlocutors and sometimes handle complaints transmitted to them, directly or indirectly, by their constituents. As a relay of the central power, prefectoral staff also have to address the population directly through proclamations. All these documents reveal the views of the rulers. Their representations changed, as did their language, depending on diplomatic, political or military successes, and the defeats that sounded the death knell of the Empire founded by Napoleon, which was replaced when Louis XVIII fell to the throne of France. The images conveyed by the authorities do not all evolve at the same rate; they remain complex and subject to tensions that reveal their contradictions. The public authorities reaffirm the common features of an exceptional "people", distinct from its European neighbours, often superior. However, they do not hide the many divisions between the French,"good" or "bad". Nor do they ignore the differences between the elites and the rest of the population, denigrated for their social or geographical affiliation and taking into account the suffering of the "unfortunate.

La présente recherche a retracé les parcours scolaires mais également professionnels des étudiant-e-s des classes préparatoires littéraires du Lycée de garçons du Parc et du Lycée de jeunes filles de Lyon. Les bornes chronologiques s’étendent de 1924 et du décret Bérard ouvrant, entre autre, le baccalauréat aux filles, à la veille de 1968 et des bouleversements des événements du mois de mai. L’étude s’attache à mettre en relief l’évolution de la formation des élites intellectuelles françaises sur plus de 40 ans. Plusieurs axes sont abordés, tous étudiés sous l’angle du genre : les origines sociales, les études secondaires, le concours d’entrée aux différentes Écoles Normales Supérieures (Ulm et Sèvres), les études universitaires et les débouchés professionnels. Au-delà de cette comparaison genrée des élèves des deux établissements, deux pistes se distinguent avec d’un côté les reçu-e-s aux ENS et de l’autre, les recalé-e-s, qui poursuivent leurs études au sein de l’université. / This research has traced the school careers of professionals but also students of the preparatory classes of the Lycee du Parc and Lycee de jeunes filles de Lyon. Our study starts from 1924 and the Berard Decree opening – among other things – bachelor’s door to girls and stops on the eve of 1968 and the mutations originated from the events of May. The study aims to highlight the evolution of the French intellectual elite education over 40 years. Several areas are illustrated, all studied in a gender perspective: the social origins, the secondary school, the entrance to the different Ecole Normale Supérieure (Ulm and Sevres), academic studies and career opportunities. Beyond this gendered comparison students of both schools, two tracks stand out with one hand the receipt to ENS and the other, flunked, who are studying in the university.

L’objectif principal de cette thèse consiste à mettre en évidence la persistance du capitalisme familial en Suisse au cours du 20e siècle, et sa résistance aux capitalismes managérial et financier qui sont censés lui avoir succédé. Pour ce faire, nous avons retenu vingt-deux grandes entreprises du secteur des machines, de l’électrotechnique et de la métallurgie – principale branche de l’industrie suisse pour la période considérée –, pour lesquelles ont été recensés les membres des conseils d’administration et les principaux dirigeants exécutifs pour cinq dates-repère couvrant le siècle (1910, 1937, 1957, 1980 et 2000). Cette thèse s’inscrit dans une démarche pluridisciplinaire qui relève à la fois de l’histoire d’entreprise et de la sociologie des dirigeants, et fait appel à différentes méthodes telles que l’analyse de réseau et l’analyse prosopographique. Elle s’articule autour de trois axes de recherche principaux : le premier vise à mettre en évidence l’évolution des modes de gouvernance dans notre groupe d’entreprises, le second investit la question de la coordination patronale et le troisième a pour but de dresser un portrait collectif des élites à la tête de nos vingt-deux firmes. Nos résultats montrent que durant la majeure partie du siècle, la plupart de nos entreprises sont contrôlées par des familles et fonctionnent sur un mode de coordination hors marché qui repose notamment sur un réseau dense de liens interfirmes, le profil des dirigeants restant dans l’ensemble stable. Si la fin du siècle est marquée par plusieurs changements qui confirment l’avènement d’un capitalisme dit financier ou actionnarial et la mise en place de pratiques plus concurrentielles parmi les firmes et les élites industrielles, le maintien du contrôle familial dans plusieurs entreprises et la persistance de certains anciens mécanismes de coopération nous incitent cependant à nuancer ce constat. / The main objective of this research is to highlight the persistence of family capitalism in Switzerland during the 20th century and its resistance to managerial and financial capitalisms that succeeded. For this purpose, we focus on twenty-two big companies of the machine, electrotechnical and metallurgy sector – the main branch of the Swiss industry for the considered period – whose boards of directors and executive managers have been identified for five benchmarks across the century (1910, 1937, 1957, 1980 and 2000). This thesis relates to business history and elites sociology, and uses different methods such as network analysis and prosopography. It is articulated around three main parts. The aim of the first one is to identify the evolution of corporate governance in our twenty-two enterprises, the second part concentrates on interfirms coordination and the objective of the last one is to highlight the profile of the corporate elite leading our firms. Our results show that during the main part of the century, most of the companies were controlled by families and were characterized by non-market mechanisms of coordination such as interlocking directorates ; moreover, the profile of the corporate elite remained very stable. Although some major changes that took place by the end of the century confirmed a transition towards financial capitalism and more competitive interaction among firms and the corporate elite, the persistence of family control in several companies and the maintaining of some former mechanisms of coordination allow us to put this evolution into perspective.

Cette thèse a pour objet l’étude de Frédéric de Marselaer (1584/6-1670) bourgmestre et échevin de la ville de Bruxelles au XVIIe siècle. Originaire d’Anvers, cet homme de pouvoir est aussi l’auteur de plusieurs traités imprimés et manuscrits qui ont connu un certain succès. Ce double parcours à la fois politique et littéraire permet d’explorer la manière dont un homme s’insère dans un groupe :les élites sociales. L’accent est mis en particulier sur la dimension culturelle, et plus spécifiquement, l’écriture comme moyen d’insertion sociale au sein des élites au XVIIe siècle dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux. Cette recherche est développée en trois parties. La première explore le statut d’écrivain et la façon de se percevoir en tant qu’auteur ou d’être reconnu en tant que tel par les autres. L’analyse, la reconstitution et la remise en contexte de l’œuvre imprimée et manuscrite de Marselaer laissent apparaître sa position d’auteur entre conformisme et originalité. La deuxième partie est un approfondissement de certains chapitres d’une de ses œuvres, le Legatus, en vue d’explorer sa vision du pouvoir, construite entre théorie et réalité. La dernière partie s’intéresse aux mécanismes du pouvoir en étudiant les modèles et les idéaux qui sous-tendent une bonne réputation, l’influence du réseau dans la création et la diffusion de cette image idéale et les objectifs qui sont à la base d’une telle démarche. Au final, il ressort que la culture, combinée à d’autres éléments, est un facteur déterminant pour s’insérer dans le monde des élites. / This PhD thesis focuses on Frédéric de Marselaer (1584/6-1670), mayor of the city, deputy burgomaster of Brussels city in the 17th century. Coming from Antwerp, this man of power has also written several printed and hand-written treatises which have achieved a certain success. This double experience in politics and in literature field allows to explore how a man gets into a group: the social elites. The emphasis lies in particular on cultural dimension, especially, writing as medium for social inclusion in elites in the 17th century in the Southern Netherlands. This research is developed over three parts. The first investigate the status of writer and the way to perceive oneself as an author or to be recognised by the others. The analysis, reconstruction and setting in context of printed and hand-written work of Marselaer let appear his position of author between conformism and originality. The second part is an in-depth study of some chapters extracted from one of his treatise, the Legatus, with the aim of investigating his view of power, developed with ideal and realist conceptions. The last part focuses on the mechanisms of the power in studying the models and the role models which underpin a good reputation, the influence of the network on creation and diffusion of this ideal representation and the goals which underlie this approach. At last, it appears that the culture, combined with others elements, is a determining factor to integrate the elites’world. / Doctorat en Histoire, histoire de l'art et archéologie / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished