Constructing the Other in State Mechanisms for Controlling Mobility

Starting in the mid-19th century, several European States developed tools to control movers. By targeting specific populations and organizing their marginalization, these mechanisms aimed at controlling domestic and international mobility. We compare three tools implemented in France in order to understand the mechanisms that create alterity and marginality. In so doing we explore the figure of the outsider in the second half of the 19th century in France, considering the complex and blurred boundaries that exist between the “Same” and the “Other”.