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Statehood and Political Reconfiguration in Northern Côte d'Ivoire

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ID3884013
AuthorsTill Förster (0000-0003-0645-6095, Indiana State University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume41
Issue4
Pages699-722
Publication date2010-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment and Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-7660.2010.01659.x
OpenAlexW2161669994
LanguageFR
Citations received18
References cited24

The transformation of statehood in the rebel-held northern half of Côte d'Ivoire builds on the reconfiguration of the social and political order. Though the state as an institution has almost ceased to exist, statehood as the practices that refer to it persists. This article examines the negotiations between the different non-state actors and how these interactions shape, through everyday practices, the understanding of what a state should and should not do. The widely used saying of 'Now one knows who is who' answers the older expression that one does not know who is who. Before the crisis broke out in 2002, it was often difficult to distinguish between security providers and criminals. At that time, the police and gendarmerie could be either, while, through the rebellion, role ascriptions became clear and distinct. This article argues that the normative expectations of statehood are thus embedded in the general reconfiguration of society that has led to more stability and reliability of social roles

Control reconfiguration · Economics · Institution · Law and economics · Negotiation · Normative · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · African Studies and Ethnography · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Law · Migration, Identity, and Health

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