University Infrastructures for Peace in Africa: The Transformative Potential of Higher Education in Conflict Contexts

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ane Turner Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Consensus Building ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Transformative Capacity ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
Comparative Case Studies

The purpose of this article is to consider how higher education responds to conflict on campus and in the community. Moving beyond the victim/perpetrator paradigm prevalent in the literature on education in conflict contexts toward the transformative capacity of education, this research suggests that public universities may develop mechanisms that orient the institution toward capacity and consensus building—constructs associated with infrastructures for peace. Findings from comparative case studies conducted in Côte d’Ivoire and Kenya at two public universities demonstrate that both intentional and indirect policies were cultivated to contend with and possibly transform the conditions for localized conflict and begin to theorize university infrastructures for peace.

scholarly journals Push/Pull Factors, Networks and Student Migration from Côte d’Ivoire to France and Switzerland

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 308-316
Author(s):  
Franck Dago ◽  
Simon Barussaud
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Migrant Networks ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Côte D'ivoire

Since 2011, the Ivorian government has invested heavily in higher education to meet its labour market’s growing demand. In this article, we analyse the drivers of Ivorian student mobility from Côte d’Ivoire to France and Switzerland, highlighting the central role of migrant networks. We focus on the decision-making process and find that migration networks play an important role at every step: from initial aspirations to concrete plans and efforts to study abroad. Using 38 in depth interviews and two focus groups with Ivorian students who aspire to study in France and Switzerland, members of the education board, migration officers, and members of the Ivorian diaspora, we reveal that the functioning of the Ivorian higher education system is a factor of uncertainty for many students who consider that salvation can only come from migration. In addition, social representations linked to foreign diplomas inspire Ivorian students to choose international mobility. Migrant networks further encourage Ivorian students to move abroad because stories from successful migrants sharing their mobility experience are coupled with the provision of key resources to support mobility projects.

Violence by Nonstate Actors

2020 ◽  
pp. 88-117
Author(s):  
Sarah Birch
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Nonstate Actors ◽  
Vote Buying ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Electoral Violence ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Forms Of Violence

This chapter discusses nonstate electoral violence, exploring the circumstances under which nonstate actors resort to violent means to achieve their ends, how state-initiated violence and nonstate violence interact, and also how nonstate electoral violence is produced. It demonstrates a strong and consistent empirical association between violence committed by nonstate actors and corruption, together with a link between this form of violence and vote buying suggestive of carrot-and-stick tactics. The chapter then explores the use made by nonstate actors of violent electoral protest as a mobilizational device, and the techniques whereby politicians enlist vigilante groups and proxies to carry out high-risk forms of violence. Analytically, mobilizational violence can be understood as taking two principal forms: protests against state electoral manipulation and violence between competing informal groupings seeking to secure the loyalty of their clients. Case studies of Pakistan, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, and Côte d'Ivoire help to probe these casual mechanisms and to analyze the production of electoral violence.

scholarly journals Reforming Land Tenure Policies After Civil War: A Comparative Analysis of Rwanda & Côte d’Ivoire

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Katherine M. Cronin
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Land Transfer ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Time Horizons ◽  
Côte D'ivoire

Using Côte d’Ivoire and Rwanda as case studies, this paper explores the challenges of implementing strong land tenure policies and promoting peace in post-conflict environments. This paper analyzes the degree to which a lack of clear time horizons, land boundaries, land transfer laws, and enforcement capacity to uphold land tenure laws increases the risk for land-related conflict to occur. Furthermore, this paper adds to the existing literature that supports the implementation and promotion of new and more equitable land tenure laws in post-conflict reconstruction processes in order to fix the deficiencies that contributed to the initial conflict.

African students’ emigration intentions: case studies in Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, and Senegal

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Etienne Piguet ◽  
Désiré Nassa ◽  
El Hadji Mamadou Ndiaye ◽  
Amadou Oumarou ◽  
Cheikh Samba Wade
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
African Students ◽  
Côte D'ivoire

Évaluation de la qualité de vie (QDV) des patients diabétiques de type 2 au CHU de Yopougon, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-374
Author(s):  
A. Yao ◽  
A. Hué ◽  
J. Danho ◽  
P. Koffi-Dago ◽  
M. Sanogo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Qualité De Vie ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire
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