The politics of organising the countryside

Rural cooperatives in Côte d'Ivoire

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4949271
AutoresDwayne Woods (0000-0002-7033-794X, Purdue University West Lafayette, autor correspondente)
Ano1999
Volume37
Fascículo3
Páginas489-506
Data de publicação1999-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022278x99003122
OpenAlexW2154751420
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas9

This article first explores the manner in which the colonial and postcolonial state in Côte d'Ivoire has sought to develop and animate rural cooperatives as a means of effecting change in the countryside. It then examines the local realities that the state has encountered in its attempt to organise and control rural cooperatives. In particular, the article shows how ethnicity, age, and contrasting economic interests have undermined state efforts to create sustainable and effective rural cooperatives at the village level. Finally, the article looks at how structural adjustment has led to the retreat of the state and the emergence of a more pluralistic environment in which different rural associations are now competing to represent the interests of rural producers

Colonialism · Cote d ivoire · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Humanities · Political science · Politics · Rural area · State (computer science · African Studies and Ethnography · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Social Sciences and Governance