Ivory Coast Study & Guide - AllRefer - Ivory Coast Information

A Country Study: Ivory Coast
Library of Congress Call Number DT545.22 .C66 1990

* C€te d'Ivoire/ Ivory Coast
* Foreword
* Acknowledgements
* Preface
* Country Profile
o Country
o Geography
o Society
o Economy
o Transportation
o Government and Politics
o National Security
* Introduction

* Chapter 1 - Historical Setting (Rachel Warner)
o Pre-European Period
o Arrival of the Europeans
o French Expansion in C€te d'Ivoire
+ Local Resistance and Establishment of Protectorates
+ Repression and Conquest
o French Rule Until World War II
+ Evolution of Colonial Policy
+ Colonial Administration
+ Economic Development and Social Change
o Impact of World War II
+ Brazzaville Conference
+ French Union
+ Regional Political Cooperation
o Transformation of the Democratic Party of C€te d'Ivoire
o Reform and the French Community
o Independence and the Institutionalization of the One-Party System
o Internal Dissent and Further Consolidation of Power
+ Changes in Government and Party Structures
+ Sources of Popular Discontent
+ Consolidation of Power in the 1960's and 1970's
o Economic and Political Issue of the Late 1970's AND 1980's
+ Growing Economic Problems
+ Succession Question
+ Party Decentralization
+ Discontent on Campus
+ Other Sources of Discontent

* Chapter 2 - The Society and Its Environment (Rita M. Byrnes)
o Physical Setting
+ Location and Size
+ Physical Features
# The Lagoon Region
# The Forest Region
# The Savanna
+ Rivers
+ Climate
o Population
+ Distribution
+ Composition
o Ethnic Groups and Languages
+ Ethnic Diversity
+ Language Diversity
+ Lineage Patterns
+ East Atlantic Cultures
# Akan
# Lagoon Cultures
+ West Atlantic Cultures
# Kru
# The Southern Mand»
+ Mand» Cultures
+ Voltaic Cultures
+ Foreigners
o The Role of Religion
+ Local Religions
# Religions of the South
# Religions of the North
+ World Religions
# Islam
# Christianity
+ Syncretic Religions
o Social Organization and Social Change
+ Urban Society
+ Elites
+ The Role of Women
+ Social Attitudes
o Education
+ The Education System
# Primary Education
# Secondary Education
# Higher Education
# Teachers
+ Problems in Education
o Health and Welfare
+ Social Programs
+ Social Problems

* Chapter 3 - The Economy (Robert E. Handloff and Judith Timyan)
o Growth and Structure of the Economy
o Role of Government
+ Public Investment
+ Budget
+ Banking and Finance
# Interest and Investment Policies
# The Stock Exchange
o Labor
+ Wages and Income Distribution
+ Labor Unions
o Agriculture
+ Land Use
# Resources
# Tenure
+ Cocoa
+ Coffee
+ Timber
+ Diversification Crops
+ Food Crops
+ Animal Husbandry
+ Fisheries
o Manufacturing
o Energy
+ Electricity
+ Other Energy Sources
o Extractive Industries
+ Petroleum
+ Natural Gas
+ Other Minerals
o Transportation and Communications
+ Railroads
+ Roads
+ Ports and Maritime Shipping
+ Air Transport
+ Telecommunications
o Foreign Trade and Commerce
o Balance of Payments and Foreign Assistance
+ National Debt
+ Foreign Assistance
o Future of the Economy

* Chapter 4 - Government and Politics (Robert E. Handloff)
o Formal Power
+ The Constitution
+ Civil Rights
+ The Executive
+ The National Assembly
+ The Economic and Social Council
+ Judicial System
+ Local Government
o Actual Power
+ The Party
+ Party Organization
+ Orientation Toward the Political System
o 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
o 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 (Joseph P. Smaldone)
o Armed Forces
+ Early Development
+ Constitutional, Legal, and Administrative Structure
+ Defense Mission and National Policy
+ Recruitment and Conditions of Service
+ Training
+ Foreign Influences
o Role of the Armed Forces in Society
+ The Military in National Perspective
+ National Service and Veterans Groups
o 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 S»curitaire"

* Appendix. Tables
* Bibliography
* Glossary