Maxime Ricard
Biographic Data
| ID | 1433229 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maxime Ricard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maxime |
| FAMILY NAME | Ricard |
| SIGNATURE | RICARD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Anatomy of a Fall: Understanding France's Reluctant Retreat from Central Sahel
Building on the notion of geopolitical imaginaries, this paper delineates three distinct and successive periods in the French engagement with the Sahel: first, the (post)colonial era characterised by the Sahel’s unique and peripheral position within France’s ‘pré carré’; second, the War on Terror era, marked by the Sahel’s integration into a global ‘arc of crises’; and finally, the current shift towards prioritising competition among major powers…
Speak of the devil and he shall appear’: Unpacking the practices of security brokers in West Africa
This study investigates the intermediaries or brokers who participate in the constitution, negotiation, and production of peace and security policies in West Africa. These security brokers possess social and knowledge capital, making them the preferred interlocutors of international actors, institutions, and researchers to produce security knowledge to inform policy. Thus, this article seeks to explain how these security brokers interact with and…
Fumoirs et relations d'interdépendance: Négocier l'ordre social à Abobo, Abidjan
Les fumoirs comme lieux d'échange et de consommation de différentes drogues en Côte d'Ivoire sont devenus avec le temps des institutions sociales. Dans la commune d'Abobo à Abidjan, ceux-ci sont une partie intégrante d'une économie de la violence qui s'est construite sur le terreau d'un ghetto social, renforcée par l'effet paroxystique de la guerre. Les relations d'interdépendance construites autour de ces fumoirs constituent des configurations r…
Fabio Viti (dir.). La Côte d’Ivoire et ses étrangers
Historicity of extraversion in Côte d’Ivoire and the ‘post-conflict’
Since independence Côte d’Ivoire has been an important feature of the debate on dependency in development theory, as Côte d’Ivoire was either a ‘mirage’ for the dependency school, or a ‘miracle’ according to mainstream development theorists. Against economicism and an instrumental view of these dynamics, Jean-François Bayart proposed a renewed understanding of dependency, without denying its existence. This article discusses the relevance and heu…
Anatomy of a Fall: Understanding France's Reluctant Retreat from Central Sahel
Building on the notion of geopolitical imaginaries, this paper delineates three distinct and successive periods in the French engagement with the Sahel: first, the (post)colonial era characterised by the Sahel’s unique and peripheral position within France’s ‘pré carré’; second, the War on Terror era, marked by the Sahel’s integration into a global ‘arc of crises’; and finally, the current shift towards prioritising competition among major powers…
Speak of the devil and he shall appear’: Unpacking the practices of security brokers in West Africa
This study investigates the intermediaries or brokers who participate in the constitution, negotiation, and production of peace and security policies in West Africa. These security brokers possess social and knowledge capital, making them the preferred interlocutors of international actors, institutions, and researchers to produce security knowledge to inform policy. Thus, this article seeks to explain how these security brokers interact with and…
Historicity of extraversion in Côte d’Ivoire and the ‘post-conflict’
Since independence Côte d’Ivoire has been an important feature of the debate on dependency in development theory, as Côte d’Ivoire was either a ‘mirage’ for the dependency school, or a ‘miracle’ according to mainstream development theorists. Against economicism and an instrumental view of these dynamics, Jean-François Bayart proposed a renewed understanding of dependency, without denying its existence. This article discusses the relevance and heu…
Historicity of extraversion in Côte d’Ivoire and the ‘post-conflict’
Since independence Côte d’Ivoire has been an important feature of the debate on dependency in development theory, as Côte d’Ivoire was either a ‘mirage’ for the dependency school, or a ‘miracle’ according to mainstream development theorists. Against economicism and an instrumental view of these dynamics, Jean-François Bayart proposed a renewed understanding of dependency, without denying its existence. This article discusses the relevance and heu…
Fabio Viti (dir.). La Côte d’Ivoire et ses étrangers
Fumoirs et relations d'interdépendance: Négocier l'ordre social à Abobo, Abidjan
Les fumoirs comme lieux d'échange et de consommation de différentes drogues en Côte d'Ivoire sont devenus avec le temps des institutions sociales. Dans la commune d'Abobo à Abidjan, ceux-ci sont une partie intégrante d'une économie de la violence qui s'est construite sur le terreau d'un ghetto social, renforcée par l'effet paroxystique de la guerre. Les relations d'interdépendance construites autour de ces fumoirs constituent des configurations r…
Speak of the devil and he shall appear’: Unpacking the practices of security brokers in West Africa
This study investigates the intermediaries or brokers who participate in the constitution, negotiation, and production of peace and security policies in West Africa. These security brokers possess social and knowledge capital, making them the preferred interlocutors of international actors, institutions, and researchers to produce security knowledge to inform policy. Thus, this article seeks to explain how these security brokers interact with and…
Anatomy of a Fall: Understanding France's Reluctant Retreat from Central Sahel
Building on the notion of geopolitical imaginaries, this paper delineates three distinct and successive periods in the French engagement with the Sahel: first, the (post)colonial era characterised by the Sahel’s unique and peripheral position within France’s ‘pré carré’; second, the War on Terror era, marked by the Sahel’s integration into a global ‘arc of crises’; and finally, the current shift towards prioritising competition among major powers…
Political science (5 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (3 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (2 works) · Cote d ivoire (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works)