Cédric Jourde
Biographic Data
| ID | 637775 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cédric Jourde |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cédric |
| FAMILY NAME | Jourde |
| SIGNATURE | JOURDE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 80 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
La polycrise au Sahel
The holy opacity of the organization of the pilgrimage’
Le Sahel musulman entre soufisme et salafisme
Social Stratification in the Sahel
This chapter explores the politics of social status hierarchies in the Sahel (freeborn, “castes,” slaves) and the rich literature devoted to this theme. It looks specifically at two themes. First, the paradoxical relationship between Islam and social status stratification. The doctrinal equality of the believers before God has often been negated in practice, as “freeborn” lineages have taken over positions of Islamic leadership. But recently some…
The politics of the Hajj organisation in Senegal
This article analyses how the state in Senegal has managed the hajj since the liberalisation era in the early 2000s. Although the essence of the hajj is religious, it is also deeply political and requires that the state manages complex relations with pilgrims, religious leaders, private travel agencies, politicians and Saudi authorities. This article argues that three inter-related imperatives structure the conduct of the Senegalese state: a secu…
Prédation et violence au Mali
Cet article analyse la construction historique des tensions politiques dans la région de Mopti en insistant sur les dynamiques conflictuelles qui s’articulent autour de la hiérarchie entre groupes statutaires peuls et les transformations de l’économie politique du monde rural. La formation de groupes armés à vocation religieuse, aux contours flous, a notamment permis d’inverser les rapports de forces avec certaines élites locales, désormais moins…
Betrayal, Heresy, Exile and Mystical Attacks
In Senegal and Mauritania (and beyond), various Sûfi and Islamist movements compete to attract the faithful. But they evolve in societies in which Islam is not the only identity marker: ethnicity intersects religion. Switching from one Muslim movement to another, a form of defection, can trigger harsh reactions from ethnic kin. Looking at the largest ethnic minority group in Senegal and Mauritania, the Fulbe (or Haalpulaaren), this paper construc…
Islamism and Social Movements in North Africa, the Sahel and Beyond
How Islam intersects ethnicity and social status in the Sahel
Groups, movements and political parties that directly invoke Islam as their raison d’être constitute key players in the Sahel. Analysts rightfully take this Islamic dimension quite seriously as they try to understand the dynamics of security in the region. In doing so, however, it is important not to forget other forms of solidarity which intersect with Islam. Ethnicity and social status (‘caste’) are categories that impact in various ways the mo…
Islamism and social movements in North Africa, the Sahel and Beyond
Islamism has emerged as a major political force in the Middle East and North Africa after the Arab uprising. The rise of Islamism came as no surprise to scholars of the region and it emerged even i
Betrayal, Heresy, Exile and Mystical Attacks
In Senegal and Mauritania (and beyond), various Sûfi and Islamist movements compete to attract the faithful. But they evolve in societies in which Islam is not the only identity marker: ethnicity intersects religion. Switching from one Muslim movement to another, a form of defection, can trigger harsh reactions from ethnic kin. Looking at the largest ethnic minority group in Senegal and Mauritania, the Fulbe (or Haalpulaaren), this paper construc…
Overlapping solidarities
The Maghreb Review, Vol. 35, 1-2, 2010 © The Maghreb Review 2010 This publication is printed on longlife paper OVERLAPPING SOLIDARITIES: THE POLITICS OF ETHNICITY AND SUFI TURUQ IN MAURITANIA BY CÉDRIC JOURDE∗ In contemporary Mauritania, ethnicity and Islam constitute two major political repertoires, among others of course, through which political battles are played out. Less often analysed, however, but no less important is the interplay between…
Politique des récits de l'islamisme en Mauritanie
Quels sont les significations et les enjeux politiques que revêt le concept d'islamisme en Mauritanie ? Pour répondre à cette question, cet article présente d'abord les événements politiques récents par lesquels s'est constitué un « récit islamiste ». Il analyse ensuite les racines discursives historiques des termes qui sont utilisés par les autorités étatiques à l'ère de la « guerre contre la terreur ». Nous posons l'hypothèse que la mise en réc…
Political Islam in West Africa
Long before the September 11 attacks galvanized Western attention on what has variously been called political Islam, Islamic fundamentalism, and Islamism, African nations with sizeable Muslim populations were experiencing significant transformations in the relationship between religion and state. Political Islam in West Africa explores those ongoing transformations in key countries of the Sahel region. Each country chapter provides both historica…
Constructing Representations of the ‘Global War on Terror’ in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
(2007). Constructing Representations of the ‘Global War on Terror’ in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 77-100
The International Relations of Small Neoauthoritarian States
The literature on democratization and authoritarian survival has rightfully studied the role external forces play in such processes. These external actors and structural constraints are said to be especially substantial when dealing with small and poor authoritarian states. Although this literature acknowledges that small states are not entirely powerless when confronting hegemonic external forces, little effort has been made to refine and specif…
Mémoires d'empire, de Romain Bertrand
Mémoires d'empire, de Romain BertrandLa petite maison des Éditions du Croquant, située au cœur du massif des Bauges avec sa reine, la Dent de l'Arclusaz, publie ici le troisième livre de Romain Bertrand, politologue spécialiste de l'Asie du Sud-Est et de l'histoire politique de la colonisation. Mémoires d'empire analyse la controverse qui entoure la Loi (française) du 23 février 2005 portant sur le rôle positif de la colonisation française
The President Is Coming to Visit
Since 1989 research in comparative politics has focused largely on democratic tran sitions and consolidation. The entrenchment of semiauthoritarian regimes after the initial wave of political liberalization has yet to be thoroughly analyzed. The time is nigh to answer Brownlee's call to explore the tide after the third wave.1 Although regimes that have adopted initial democratic reforms while successfully maintaining an authoritarian core have st…
Ethnicity, Democratization, and Political Dramas
Ethnicity, Democratization, and Political Dramas
Since the establishment of party politics in colonial Mauritania, and especially since independence in 1960, the Mauritanian political arena has been marked by ethnic tensions. The best example is certainly the ethnic violence that occurred at the end of the 1980s between the Arab-Berbers (Bidhan) and the “Black Africans.” But in Mauritania, as in other countries marked by ethnic tensions and conflicts, it would be an analytical mistake to overlo…
The International Relations of Small Neoauthoritarian States
The literature on democratization and authoritarian survival has rightfully studied the role external forces play in such processes. These external actors and structural constraints are said to be especially substantial when dealing with small and poor authoritarian states. Although this literature acknowledges that small states are not entirely powerless when confronting hegemonic external forces, little effort has been made to refine and specif…
The President Is Coming to Visit
Since 1989 research in comparative politics has focused largely on democratic tran sitions and consolidation. The entrenchment of semiauthoritarian regimes after the initial wave of political liberalization has yet to be thoroughly analyzed. The time is nigh to answer Brownlee's call to explore the tide after the third wave.1 Although regimes that have adopted initial democratic reforms while successfully maintaining an authoritarian core have st…
How Islam intersects ethnicity and social status in the Sahel
Groups, movements and political parties that directly invoke Islam as their raison d’être constitute key players in the Sahel. Analysts rightfully take this Islamic dimension quite seriously as they try to understand the dynamics of security in the region. In doing so, however, it is important not to forget other forms of solidarity which intersect with Islam. Ethnicity and social status (‘caste’) are categories that impact in various ways the mo…
Overlapping solidarities
The Maghreb Review, Vol. 35, 1-2, 2010 © The Maghreb Review 2010 This publication is printed on longlife paper OVERLAPPING SOLIDARITIES: THE POLITICS OF ETHNICITY AND SUFI TURUQ IN MAURITANIA BY CÉDRIC JOURDE∗ In contemporary Mauritania, ethnicity and Islam constitute two major political repertoires, among others of course, through which political battles are played out. Less often analysed, however, but no less important is the interplay between…
Constructing Representations of the ‘Global War on Terror’ in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
(2007). Constructing Representations of the ‘Global War on Terror’ in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 77-100
Betrayal, Heresy, Exile and Mystical Attacks
In Senegal and Mauritania (and beyond), various Sûfi and Islamist movements compete to attract the faithful. But they evolve in societies in which Islam is not the only identity marker: ethnicity intersects religion. Switching from one Muslim movement to another, a form of defection, can trigger harsh reactions from ethnic kin. Looking at the largest ethnic minority group in Senegal and Mauritania, the Fulbe (or Haalpulaaren), this paper construc…
Politique des récits de l'islamisme en Mauritanie
Quels sont les significations et les enjeux politiques que revêt le concept d'islamisme en Mauritanie ? Pour répondre à cette question, cet article présente d'abord les événements politiques récents par lesquels s'est constitué un « récit islamiste ». Il analyse ensuite les racines discursives historiques des termes qui sont utilisés par les autorités étatiques à l'ère de la « guerre contre la terreur ». Nous posons l'hypothèse que la mise en réc…
Ethnicity, Democratization, and Political Dramas
Ethnicity, Democratization, and Political Dramas
Since the establishment of party politics in colonial Mauritania, and especially since independence in 1960, the Mauritanian political arena has been marked by ethnic tensions. The best example is certainly the ethnic violence that occurred at the end of the 1980s between the Arab-Berbers (Bidhan) and the “Black Africans.” But in Mauritania, as in other countries marked by ethnic tensions and conflicts, it would be an analytical mistake to overlo…
Ethnicity, Democratization, and Political Dramas
Ethnicity, Democratization, and Political Dramas
Since the establishment of party politics in colonial Mauritania, and especially since independence in 1960, the Mauritanian political arena has been marked by ethnic tensions. The best example is certainly the ethnic violence that occurred at the end of the 1980s between the Arab-Berbers (Bidhan) and the “Black Africans.” But in Mauritania, as in other countries marked by ethnic tensions and conflicts, it would be an analytical mistake to overlo…
The President Is Coming to Visit
Since 1989 research in comparative politics has focused largely on democratic tran sitions and consolidation. The entrenchment of semiauthoritarian regimes after the initial wave of political liberalization has yet to be thoroughly analyzed. The time is nigh to answer Brownlee's call to explore the tide after the third wave.1 Although regimes that have adopted initial democratic reforms while successfully maintaining an authoritarian core have st…
Political Islam in West Africa
Long before the September 11 attacks galvanized Western attention on what has variously been called political Islam, Islamic fundamentalism, and Islamism, African nations with sizeable Muslim populations were experiencing significant transformations in the relationship between religion and state. Political Islam in West Africa explores those ongoing transformations in key countries of the Sahel region. Each country chapter provides both historica…
Constructing Representations of the ‘Global War on Terror’ in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
(2007). Constructing Representations of the ‘Global War on Terror’ in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 77-100
The International Relations of Small Neoauthoritarian States
The literature on democratization and authoritarian survival has rightfully studied the role external forces play in such processes. These external actors and structural constraints are said to be especially substantial when dealing with small and poor authoritarian states. Although this literature acknowledges that small states are not entirely powerless when confronting hegemonic external forces, little effort has been made to refine and specif…
Mémoires d'empire, de Romain Bertrand
Mémoires d'empire, de Romain BertrandLa petite maison des Éditions du Croquant, située au cœur du massif des Bauges avec sa reine, la Dent de l'Arclusaz, publie ici le troisième livre de Romain Bertrand, politologue spécialiste de l'Asie du Sud-Est et de l'histoire politique de la colonisation. Mémoires d'empire analyse la controverse qui entoure la Loi (française) du 23 février 2005 portant sur le rôle positif de la colonisation française
Politique des récits de l'islamisme en Mauritanie
Quels sont les significations et les enjeux politiques que revêt le concept d'islamisme en Mauritanie ? Pour répondre à cette question, cet article présente d'abord les événements politiques récents par lesquels s'est constitué un « récit islamiste ». Il analyse ensuite les racines discursives historiques des termes qui sont utilisés par les autorités étatiques à l'ère de la « guerre contre la terreur ». Nous posons l'hypothèse que la mise en réc…
Overlapping solidarities
The Maghreb Review, Vol. 35, 1-2, 2010 © The Maghreb Review 2010 This publication is printed on longlife paper OVERLAPPING SOLIDARITIES: THE POLITICS OF ETHNICITY AND SUFI TURUQ IN MAURITANIA BY CÉDRIC JOURDE∗ In contemporary Mauritania, ethnicity and Islam constitute two major political repertoires, among others of course, through which political battles are played out. Less often analysed, however, but no less important is the interplay between…
Islamism and social movements in North Africa, the Sahel and Beyond
Islamism has emerged as a major political force in the Middle East and North Africa after the Arab uprising. The rise of Islamism came as no surprise to scholars of the region and it emerged even i
Betrayal, Heresy, Exile and Mystical Attacks
In Senegal and Mauritania (and beyond), various Sûfi and Islamist movements compete to attract the faithful. But they evolve in societies in which Islam is not the only identity marker: ethnicity intersects religion. Switching from one Muslim movement to another, a form of defection, can trigger harsh reactions from ethnic kin. Looking at the largest ethnic minority group in Senegal and Mauritania, the Fulbe (or Haalpulaaren), this paper construc…
How Islam intersects ethnicity and social status in the Sahel
Groups, movements and political parties that directly invoke Islam as their raison d’être constitute key players in the Sahel. Analysts rightfully take this Islamic dimension quite seriously as they try to understand the dynamics of security in the region. In doing so, however, it is important not to forget other forms of solidarity which intersect with Islam. Ethnicity and social status (‘caste’) are categories that impact in various ways the mo…
Betrayal, Heresy, Exile and Mystical Attacks
In Senegal and Mauritania (and beyond), various Sûfi and Islamist movements compete to attract the faithful. But they evolve in societies in which Islam is not the only identity marker: ethnicity intersects religion. Switching from one Muslim movement to another, a form of defection, can trigger harsh reactions from ethnic kin. Looking at the largest ethnic minority group in Senegal and Mauritania, the Fulbe (or Haalpulaaren), this paper construc…
Islamism and Social Movements in North Africa, the Sahel and Beyond
Prédation et violence au Mali
Cet article analyse la construction historique des tensions politiques dans la région de Mopti en insistant sur les dynamiques conflictuelles qui s’articulent autour de la hiérarchie entre groupes statutaires peuls et les transformations de l’économie politique du monde rural. La formation de groupes armés à vocation religieuse, aux contours flous, a notamment permis d’inverser les rapports de forces avec certaines élites locales, désormais moins…
Social Stratification in the Sahel
This chapter explores the politics of social status hierarchies in the Sahel (freeborn, “castes,” slaves) and the rich literature devoted to this theme. It looks specifically at two themes. First, the paradoxical relationship between Islam and social status stratification. The doctrinal equality of the believers before God has often been negated in practice, as “freeborn” lineages have taken over positions of Islamic leadership. But recently some…
The politics of the Hajj organisation in Senegal
This article analyses how the state in Senegal has managed the hajj since the liberalisation era in the early 2000s. Although the essence of the hajj is religious, it is also deeply political and requires that the state manages complex relations with pilgrims, religious leaders, private travel agencies, politicians and Saudi authorities. This article argues that three inter-related imperatives structure the conduct of the Senegalese state: a secu…
Le Sahel musulman entre soufisme et salafisme
La polycrise au Sahel
The holy opacity of the organization of the pilgrimage’
Political science (16 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (15 works) · Law (12 works) · Politics (11 works) · Geography (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Islam (9 works) · Law (9 works) · History (8 works) · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (8 works)