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Title:State Action and Class Interests in the Ivory Coast
Author:Woods, DwayneISNI
Year:1988
Periodical:African Studies Review
Volume:31
Issue:1
Period:April
Pages:93-116
Language:English
Geographic term:Ivory Coast - Côte d'Ivoire
Subjects:class formation
nation
Politics and Government
Economics and Trade
Ethnic and Race Relations
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/524585
Abstract:This paper reviews the literature on various aspects of State and society in the Ivory Coast at different stages of development and indicates some ways in which we might attempt to build on existing insights to place the issue of State and class in Africa in a clearer historical and analytical perspective. The first section discusses the origin of the State in the Ivory Coast, while the second deals with the different interpretations of the State in the literature and how this literature has been influenced by different theoretical paradigms. The third section argues that some of the problems and contradictions in understanding State action and class interests can be overcome, in part, by analysing the way in which the State intervenes in the economy and rural development. Conclusion is that the State is clientelistic in so far that it seeks to place under its control all independent social, economic, and political activity. Bibliogr., notes.
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