IVORY COAST - A Country Study

Country Listing

• CÔTE D'IVOIRE /IVORY COAST
• Foreword
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• PREFACE
• COUNTRY PROFILE
  • COUNTRY
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • SOCIETY
  • ECONOMY
  • TRANSPORTATION
  • GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
  • NATIONAL SECURITY
• INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 1. Historical Setting
  • PRE-EUROPEAN PERIOD
  • ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS
  • FRENCH EXPANSION IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE
    • Local Resistance and Establishment of Protectorates
    • Repression and Conquest
  • FRENCH RULE UNTIL WORLD WAR II
    • Evolution of Colonial Policy
    • Colonial Administration
    • Economic Development and Social Change
  • IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II
    • Brazzaville Conference
    • French Union
    • Regional Political Cooperation
  • TRANSFORMATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CÔTE D'IVOIRE
  • REFORM AND THE FRENCH COMMUNITY
  • INDEPENDENCE AND THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE ONE-PARTY SYSTEM
  • INTERNAL DISSENT AND FURTHER CONSOLIDATION OF POWER
    • Changes in Government and Party Structures
    • Sources of Popular Discontent
    • Consolidation of Power in the 1960s and 1970s
  • ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ISSUES OF THE LATE 1970s AND 1980s
    • Growing Economic Problems
    • Succession Question
    • Party Decentralization
    • Discontent on Campus
    • Other Sources of Discontent
• Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment
  • PHYSICAL SETTING
    • Location and Size
    • Physical Features
      • The Lagoon Region
      • The Forest Region
      • The Savanna
    • Rivers
    • Climate
  • POPULATION
    • Distribution
    • Composition
  • ETHNIC GROUPS AND LANGUAGES
    • Ethnic Diversity
    • Language Diversity
    • Lineage Patterns
    • East Atlantic Cultures
      • Akan
      • Lagoon Cultures
    • West Atlantic Cultures
      • Kru
      • The Southern Mandé
    • Mandé Cultures
    • Voltaic Cultures
    • Foreigners
  • THE ROLE OF RELIGION
    • Local Religions
      • Religions of the South
      • Religions of the North
    • World Religions
      • Islam
      • Christianity
    • Syncretic Religions
  • SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE
    • Urban Society
    • Elites
    • The Role of Women
    • Social Attitudes
  • EDUCATION
    • The Education System
      • Primary Education
      • Secondary Education
      • Higher Education
      • Teachers
    • Problems in Education
  • HEALTH AND WELFARE
    • Social Programs
    • Social Problems
• Chapter 3. The Economy
  • GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
  • ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
    • Public Investment
    • Budget
    • Banking and Finance
      • Interest and Investment Policies
      • The Stock Exchange
  • LABOR
    • Wages and Income Distribution
    • Labor Unions
  • AGRICULTURE
    • Land Use
      • Resources
      • Tenure
    • Cocoa
    • Coffee
    • Timber
    • Diversification Crops
    • Food Crops
    • Animal Husbandry
    • Fisheries
  • MANUFACTURING
  • ENERGY
    • Electricity
    • Other Energy Sources
  • EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
    • Petroleum
    • Natural Gas
    • Other Minerals
  • TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
    • Railroads
    • Roads
    • Ports and Maritime Shipping
    • Air Transport
    • Telecommunications
  • FOREIGN TRADE AND COMMERCE
  • BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
    • National Debt
    • Foreign Assistance
  • FUTURE OF THE ECONOMY
• Chapter 4. Government and Politics
  • FORMAL POWER
    • The Constitution
    • Civil Rights
    • The Executive
    • The National Assembly
    • The Economic and Social Council
    • Judicial System
    • Local Government
  • ACTUAL POWER
    • The Party
    • Party Organization
    • Orientation Toward the Political System
  • INTEREST GROUPS AND NATIONAL POLITICS
    • Political Issues
      • Single-Party Democracy
      • Succession
      • Equity Issues and Ethnic Tensions
      • Ivoirianization
      • Government Responses
    • Interest Groups
      • Labor
      • Military
    • The French
    • The Levantine Community
    • Students and Intellectuals
  • FOREIGN RELATIONS
    • Relations and the Council of the Entente
    • Relations with Ghana, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali
    • Relations with Other African States
    • Relations with France
    • Relations with the United States
    • Relations with the Soviet Union and China
    • Relations with Israel
• Chapter 5. National Security
  • ARMED FORCES
    • Early Development
    • Constitutional, Legal, and Administrative Structure
    • Defense Mission and National Policy
    • Recruitment and Conditions of Service
    • Training
    • Foreign Influences
  • ROLE OF THE ARMED FORCES IN SOCIETY
    • The Military in National Perspective
    • National Service and Veterans Groups
  • INTERNAL SECURITY
    • Domestic Security
    • Human Rights
    • Internal Security Organization and Forces
    • Crime and Punishment
      • Criminal Justice System
      • Prison System
      • Incidence and Trends in Crime
      • Police Response to Increased Crime
      • Public Response: "Psychose Sécuritaire"
• Appendix. Tables
• Bibliography
• Glossary