CHAPTER: Frederik DHONDT, ""Armée, gendarmerie, garde civique. Les gardiens de la Constitution belge face aux citoyens", in: O. FERREIRA & F. HOARAU (dir.), Forces armées, gardiennes des institutions et des libertés [Rencontres] (Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2023), 137-155, ISBN 9782406150626

 

(image source: Classiques Garnier)

Prof. Frederik Dhondt published a chapter in the collective volume Les Forces armées, gardiennes des institutions et des libertés (eds. Oscar Ferreira & Fabrice Hoarau), with the assistance of student-researchers Max Van Den Bosch and Senne De Kerpel.

Abstract:
The Belgian Revolution of 1830 associates the people to regime change. The Civic Guard, created at this juncture, further evolves within a bourgeois context, with furthermore unequal capacity in local government across the country. We study the genesis of the triad "army - gendarmerie - civic guard" and its evolution in the Belle Époque. The civic guard's end after World War One and the effective introduction of conscription create a new relationship between citizens and soldiers.

The book can either be read on paper, or electronically, chapter by chapter (DOI 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-15064-0.p.0137).

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