Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 262 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Ausgabe:
3rd ed
Serie:
Area handbook series 550-69
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-241) and index
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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 -- Physical setting. Location and size ; Physical features ; Rivers ; Climate -- Population. Distribution ; Composition -- Ethnic groups and languages. Ethnic diversity ; Language diversity ; Lineage patterns ; East Atlantic cultures ; West Atlantic cultures ; Mandé cultures ; Voltaic cultures ; Foreigners -- The role of religion. Local religion ; World religions ; Syncretic religions -- Social organization and social change. Urban society ; Elites ; The role of women ; Social attitudes -- Education. The education system ; Problems in education -- Health and welfare. Social programs ; Social problems -- Growth and structure of the economy -- Role of government. Public investment ; Budget ; Banking and finance -- Labor. Wages and income distribution ; Labor unions -- Agriculture. Land use ; 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 -- 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 ; Interest groups -- Foreign relations. Foreign 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 -- Armed forces. Early development ; Constitutional, legal, and administrative structure ; Defense mission and national policy structure ; 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.
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Cote d'Ivoire Washington, D.C. : The Division : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O., 1991
Sprache:
Englisch
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