The State and Maritime Nationalism in Côte d'Ivoire

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4251698
AutoresOkechukwu C Iheduru (0000-0002-2874-3186, Michigan State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1994
Volumen32
Número2
Páginas215-245
Fecha de publicación1994-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022278x00012738
OpenAlexW2065869643
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas19

Oneof the intriguing paradoxes of Côte d'Ivoire is that while the political class has become famous for its 'open-door' capitalism, the Government headed by Félix Houphouët-Boigny consistently heightened its rhetoric of 'Ivoirianisation' through which it purported to indigenise the economy. The fact is that capitalism controlled by foreigners has generally gained the upper hand with state connivance or approval. Where local capitalism exists, it is often spearheaded by the state as participant and competitor, rather than as a facilitator of indigenous enterprise. Shipping offers a good example of this dual approach, where the state became the vanguard of a vigorous national and regional drive for maritime independence, but at the same time pursued its self-declared 'open-door' strategy which ensured continued domination of the sector by foreigners

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